For those of you tasked with the actual implementation of electronic medical records in your practice or business – CIO, Director of IT, Administrator – here is a nice guide to EHR implementation courtesy of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives).
CLICK HERE to download the PDF
Although it does present the topic from a technical perspective, it does also cover issues important to the CIO or Director of IT such as assessing the financial incentives weighed against implementation costs and a discussion about the importance of the ‘people factor’ as I have previously discussed: (see How to Prepare Your Team for EMR Implementation and The Right People for Your EMR Implementation)
Here is a useful new website you might want to consider:
Biomedical Device Integration Tech Corner
http://bmdi-tech-corner.com
“An archive of technical documents, protocols, standards and procedures useful for clinical engineers and IT professionals involved in biomedical device integration and connectivity to electronic medical records (EMR)”