Anyone who has worked on EHRs for any length of time has some great stories. To implement an EHR well, you have to get a deep understanding of the fundamental dynamics of an organization. Oftentimes, you find the good along with the bad.
Here’s some of the most funny and shocking stories I’ve heard, with many [...]

I am very anti-traditional project management for EMR implementations. Sure, many components of the Project Management Institute’s methodology are beneficial to EMR projects, but remaining steadfast to PMI above the flexibility mandated by these projects produces unneeded overhead and decreases physician satisfaction.
However, some standard project management principles are very effective for EMR implementations, including the [...]

Laura and I have successfully implemented NextGen to probably close to 100 practices (we both lost count a long time ago). Over the years, we have seen countless mistakes made and have made plenty of our own. Its heartbreaking to go into an implementation where a series of missteps have been made by a well [...]

At the confluence of extortion and conformity lies Extormity, the electronic health records mega-corporation dedicated [...]

The last two groups I have worked with have been large, multi-specialty groups. One was a very large IPA (independent practice association) and the other a large county ancillary group. While there are obvious  differences between the groups’ make-up and governance, both struggled to implement NextGen EMR for years before making dramatic strides forward. In [...]