EHR Resource Planning (1) – Introduction

You just signed a contract to implement an electronic health record (EHR) at your organization. The vendor has been engaged explaining that the implementation is a partnership and they will be there to lead your organization through the process. In order to start the project, the vendor suggests that you staff your team according to their roles and responsibilities (R&R) matrix. Based on the vendor's R&R matrix you feel that you have most of the staff in house and will be able to start the project within the next month. This is a common scenario healthcare organizations encounter in an EHR project. Without even knowing it you just started the implementation with a considerable risk unless you define the staffing requirements for the implementation as well as long term support.

This series of blogs will discuss how to define your resources for implementation, outline the work for each resource, define project schedules, and the operational plan for long term support.