title: An integrated EHR at Northern California Kaiser Permanente: pitfalls, challenges, and benefits experienced in transitioning.
abstract: As legacy information systems age, transition to newer systems is inevitable, but at times fraught with challenge. This brief article addresses some of the pitfalls, challenges, and benefits we experienced at Kaiser Permanente as we transitioned several key clinical information systems to Epic Systems for our integrated comprehensive Electronic Health Record (EHR).
authors: Northern California Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect Electronic Health Record, 500 El Cerrito Ave., Hillsborough, CA 94010, United States. ssfstb@gmail.com
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authors: Bornstein
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods
keywords: Implementation and deployment; clinical documentation and communications; clinical information systems; electronic health records and systems; facilitators and barriers; integrated information systems; patient records; telemedicine and telehealth
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