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Phase I: Initiation and Planning

Scenario:

One of the several job requirements of the health informatics professionals is to undertake health information technology (HIT) projects, like the implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR). You have been hired as Health Informatics Manager by a University’s Healthcare, a local medium-sized healthcare organization. Your supervisor told you that they were still using the paper form of medical record but had decided to go digital through the implementation of EHR and told you that you would act as the Project Manager (PM). Thus, your assignment is to implement the EHR and transition the organization from paper-based medical record to electronic health information stage.

For now, you will begin with Phase 1 (Initiation and Planning), step 1

EHR Project Implementation Step 1

Step 1: Description of the existing paper-based medical record system

You supervisor asked you to record the present paper-based medical system and list at least five advantages of the EHR-based health information as justification for the transition. Your assignment should be 3-5 APA formatted pages excluding the Cover and Reference pages.

Your supervisor also recommended you the following resources to consult.

Olson, B. D. (2016). Chapter 27: Project Management. Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles and Practice. 5^th Ed. AHIMA press.

Benefits of Electronic Health Record https://www.healthit.gov/topic/health-it-basics/benefits-ehrs

Project Planning for Beginners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmXi3TW1yA

A Primer on Project Management in Healthcare. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe/a-primer-on-project-management-for-health-care/

How to implement EHR https://www.healthit.gov/playbook/

What information the EHR contains https://www.healthit.gov/faq/what-information-does-electronic-health-record-ehr-contain

EMR vs EHR Differences https://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/electronic-health-and-medical-records/emr-vs-ehr-difference

Basic Project Management 101. https://www.thebalancecareers.com/project-management-101-2275338

Project Scope. https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/project-scope

What is a Project Scope: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-sz-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=sz&p=project+scope#id=2&vid=f48b8ce62878854d58e78efcf8f7fcda&action=click

A Primer on Project Management for Health Care https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe/a-primer-on-project-management-for-health-care/

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