This is certainly the case in the majority of failed electronic medical records (EMR) implementations, and usually the physicians/ administrators/ owners (circle your choice) bear the responsibility. Since this may well be the most difficult (and expensive) project your medical practice will undertake, it literally pays to have a good plan in place.

Implementation of an EMR system is truly a formidable task and the logistics can be overwhelming. We realized that we would need an integrated plan that would tie together both the technical side of the project with training in order to maximize efficiency, making the best time and use of our staff and contracted help.

So we worked with a project manager to break our EMR implementation project down into major processes and then

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