Getting Your Clinical Team On Board With Technology

The electronic health record (EHR) implementation issue is not a small one – for the short term or the long term. My colleague Nic Cuccia wrote earlier this week about the recent findings that EHR implementations reduce productivity (while increasing revenue) – and why planning for a “prompt” (relatively speaking) implementation is key (see The ‘Faux Live’ EHR). Stumbling in the implementation phase can put organizations under extreme financial stress.

Then there are the long-term issues. Having an EHR isn't enough. The trend towards pay-for-value—in pay-for-performance, pay-for-success, and risk-based contracts—has extended . . .