Physician Champion Role in an Electronic Health Record Implementation, a Case History

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Neill, Liam
dc.creatorLuchetski, Janice E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:52:06Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:52:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-01
dc.date.submitted2010-08-31T08:58:02-07:00
dc.description.abstractThe electronic health record (EHR) is an array of computer applications that is being touted as a key patient safety, quality and hospital efficiency initiative. Due to the complexity of the health care environment, the implementation of an EHR can be challenging especially if health care providers, in particular physicians, are not supportive of the process. Physicians play a key role in the provision of health care and should be involved in all phases of the implementation process. Variations of EHR acceptance have been widely documented highlighting the importance of a well-planned implementation process. Theoretical frameworks, such as Roger’s Science of Diffusion of Innovation, provide guidance on how process changes can be successfully incorporated into organizations and the physician champion role can be utilized as an extensive of the theory. To illustrate how an EHR implementation can employ the physician champion role to achieve widespread adoption, a case history of a 724 bed, private not for profit hospital will be presented. The rest of this paper will be organized as follows: In the first section a review of the history of the EHR; in the second section, a discussion of barriers to implementation; in the third section, an overview of the Science of Diffusion of Innovation; in the forth section, the presentation of the physician champion role; in the fifth section a recommendation for the physician role in an EHR implementation; and in the sixth section, the case history of an actual EHR implementation.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29640
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectMedical Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectphysican
dc.subjectelectronic health record
dc.subjectEHR
dc.subjectEMR
dc.titlePhysician Champion Role in an Electronic Health Record Implementation, a Case History
dc.typeProfessional Report
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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