Electronic health record: implementation across the Michigan Academic Consortium.
The Michigan Academic Consortium of academic nurse-managed primary care centers supported member sites to venture into computer-based advances with the potential to improve quality of health services and students' educational experiences. The experiences of this consortium as it incorporated electronic health records in tandem with an electronic patient management system at several of its member sites reveal the benefits and challenges of such an endeavor. The processes of selection, adoption, and implementation of the electronic health record are discussed in this article. Many lessons learned in the process are discussed.
Bostrom
Andrea C
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Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3314, USA. bostroma@gvsu.edu
Schafer
Patricia
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Dontje
Kathy
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Pohl
Joanne M
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Nagelkerk
Jean
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Cavanagh
Stephen J
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008824:Michigan; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D012984:Software; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D018511:Systems Integration; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration