EMR Implementation Webinar

Is your healthcare facility about to embark on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Implementation? If so, now what? Studies show many facilities underestimate the training and resources required for a successful implementation. Because of this, Locum Medical hosted a free webinar titled You Are Ready to Implement Your EMR, Now What? that was presented by Dr. Dirk Stanley, Hospitalist and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Topics Covered During the Webinar:

• You are ready to implement your EMR, now what?
• Preparing for the Electronic Step
• Current paper processes - Are they good enough?
• Selecting an EMR vendor: Pitfalls
• Nurturing an informatics platform - Consider hiring a CMIO
• Importance of Executive buy-in
• Importance of Physician buy-in
• Go-Live: Training Overview
• After Go-Live: Budgeting and Buy-In

Access the Webinar

Click Here to View the EMR Implementation Webinar

If you would like to receive a copy of the presentation slides, please email AReardon@LocumMedical.com.

About Dr. Dirk Stanley

Dirk Stanley, MD, MPH, a native of Hartsdale, NY, is a board-certified Internist and the Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA. His broad experience draws from his earlier years working as a computer programmer, database designer, and epidemiologist before later entering clinical medicine. He currently focuses on developing informatics programs, and increasing healthcare awareness of informatics and policy issues which impact electronic implementations, efficiency, and patient safety. For more information on Dr. Stanley, visit his blog at http://www.dirkstanley.com/ and he can also be followed on Twitter @dirkstanley.