Adoption of electronic health record
The first step that Dr. Smith should follow in ensuring a successful layout of HER is to build an electronic health record implementation team that will be responsible for handling the systems. The team should consist of experts who are professional in handling the devices as well as provide information whenever needed. Dr. Smith is experiencing role confusion; she is anxious about how to spend time learning about the new software and at the same time, attend to her patients who need her.
Learning is a process, and even though Dr. Smith has a tight schedule, she can create time out of her busy schedule and learning the new technology. She has an office manager who can operate on her behalf. With other nurses in place, Dr. Smith can make an arrangement with the EHR implementation team as well as her helpers, the nurses, and the office manager to operate on her behalf while she takes her training session. She can make such arrangements twice a week, and within three two months, she will be an expert, ready to show the concept to others.
The key concern for her staff is computer literacy. If the nurses did not undergo formal computer studies, the new technology could be a problem for them. Such cases can lead to more errors than it was anticipated to reduce. Electronic health record depends on the knowledge in computer operation that will enable the user to link the health records or data to that of the computer system. It requires an in-depth knowledge and understanding which the user must always posse. Knowledge crises can be a source of had to Dr. Smith since it will require additional training sessions with the basic skills in computer knowledge.