You are the practice manager of a large (100) physician cardiology group, and they have decided...

You are the practice manager of a large (100) physician cardiology group, and they have decided it is time to move to a new Electronic Health Record (EHR). Explain how you would address this situation using the following information below.

1.What key features should you be looking for, and how will you integrate this into the practice?
2. Keeping in mind the objections the physicians might throw at you during the monthly practice meeting, create a pitch to the managing partners for the system you think would work best for the practice. Assuming the partners approve, what is your plan to implement the new system?
3. Provide timelines, deliverables, and who is responsible for what step, as well as a staff training plan.

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electronic health record:

1. key features are

strong password
highly secured firewall security
confidentiality of the information
secured storage system for computers
limited access for users
end to end message encryption

2. plan to implement the system:

set an objective for the implementation process
set a budget for the overall plan
implement procurement and purchase system for this plan
conduct meetings with target groups
select the team for ehr
create a selected group for training the professionals in every departments
create password and login for every user
check on the service
collect feedbacks from the consumers
reassess and monitor for continuous improvement

create a team who will be responsible for training the staff
create a schedule with date, time and topic of training
distribute and discuss the training plan with the team
each member has to be assigned staff for training in schedules
take feedback from the trainer and trainee
reevaluate after a week to know the effectiveness

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