Clinical Optimization Effort and ROI Matrix

Over on Hospital EMR and EHR, Galen Healthcare Solutions has been providing some really practical and detailed information on optimizing an EHR as part of their EMR Clinical Optimization Series and they’re just getting started. Along with the EMR Optimization blog posts, they also have published a FREE EMR optimization whitepaper that dives into tips, tricks, and perspectives on how to approach driving a tangible return on your EMR investment. I love that we are finally moving past the discussion of EMR implementation and moving towards EMR optimization. As David Chou, CIO at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, recently said in the CXO Scene podcast, “Hospitals have invested at minimum $100 million on their EHR and that doesn’t include all the consulting and training services required to implement the EHR on top of it.” Given this massive investment, it is more than time to optimize our EHR implementations and ensure we’re getting a great ROI from the investment. In Galen’s EMR Optimization Whitepaper, they shared this really impressive matrix that looks at the clinical optimization effort required against the benefits an organization will receive from those efforts: (Click on the above image to see the large version of the matrix) There’s a lot to chew on in this matrix, so feel free to spend some time looking over the details. In fact, it would be beneficial to do a deep analysis of this matrix with your organization. No doubt you&...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Clinical Decision Support EHR EHR Optimization Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Consulting HealthCare IT Clinical Optimization David Chou EHR ROI EMR Optimization Galen Healthcare Solutions Source Type: blogs