Avoid these five mistakes when implementing your EHR

It’s no secret that one of the most difficult aspects of adopting electronic health records (EHR) is actually implementing the chosen solution within the practice. And it’s often said, we should learn from our—or other’s—mistakes.

That’s what makes this list of the “five biggest mistakes when implementing an EHR” so compelling.

So—thanks to those mistakes—what are the lessons learned?

• Lesson #1: Know your product before go-live
  
• Lesson #2: Set a date to leave paper behind
• Lesson #3: Use HIM to understand workflow
• Lesson #4: Start with clean data
• Lesson #5: Scan, don’t store

But it’s the details behind this guidance that provide the real insight. So if you’re in the midst of an EHR implementation or if you’re in the market for an EHR, you should find the Advance for Health Information Executives article very helpful.