Section 1.2 Assess Organizational Readiness Assessment for EHR and HIE This survey assesses your organization’s readiness to plan for implementing an electronic health record (EHR), health information exchange (HIE) and other health information technology (HIT). Time needed: 8 hours NA Suggested other tools: How to Use There are several ways you may use of this tool. You may distribute it to members of your leadership team in advance of a meeting where you will discuss its results. You may bring it to a leadership team meeting to discuss HIT readiness. Or you may choose to have a facilitator use it to rate your leadership team’s meeting after a group discussion. The more honest you can be with your assessment, the more likely you will have a smooth transition to HIT. the total number of checks made in each column. If there are many checks in the yet prepared” “not column, use the description in the other columns as guides to further preparation. Readiness Readiness Not Yet Prepared Moderately Prepared Highly Prepared Area Component only a requirement primarily a project to a clinical Culture of EHR and HIE is of government, achieve workflow transformation to Organization viewed as… insurers, or efficiencies. improve quality and competitive cost of care environment. the administrator a few individuals who all staff and others as The EHR and primarily driving have a need to know. applicable and is HIE related project participatory. planning process includes… is not feasible. primarily occurs by a is active, where Therapist stakeholder several therapists are involvement in representative. engaged in planning the EHR and and decision making. HIE process… relies on EHR or HIE delegates full devotes substantial The executive vendor to provide responsibility for EHR time to planning for team… planning guidance. and HIE to a specific clinical transformation person or team. with EHR and HIE. have not yet been have been given have been included Staff… told about EHR and general information in communications HIE planning. about EHR and HIE about the EHR and planning, but HIE, including some generally have little specific activities. idea how it will impact their work.
Section 1.2 Assess Organizational Readiness Assessment for EHR and HIE This survey assesses your organization’s readiness to plan for implementing an electronic health record (EHR), health information exchange (HIE) and other health information technology (HIT). Time needed: 8 hours Suggested other tools: NA How to Use There are several ways you may use of this tool. You may distribute it to members of your leadership team in advance of a meeting where you will discuss its results. You may bring it to a leadership team meeting to discuss HIT readiness. Or you may choose to have a facilitator use it to rate your leadership team’s meeting after a group discussion. The more honest you can be with your assessment, the more likely you will have a smooth transition to HIT. the total number of checks made in each column. If there are many checks in the “not yet prepared” column, use the description in the other columns as guides to further preparation. Readiness Area Readiness Component Not Yet Prepared Moderately Prepared Highly Prepared Culture of Organization EHR and HIE is viewed as… only a requirement of government, insurers, or competitive environment. primarily a project to achieve workflow efficiencies. a clinical transformation to improve quality and cost of care The EHR and HIE related planning process includes… the administrator primarily driving project a few individuals who have a need to know. all staff and others as applicable and is participatory. Therapist involvement in the EHR and HIE process… is not feasible. primarily occurs by a stakeholder representative. is active, where several therapists are engaged in planning and decision making. The executive team… relies on EHR or HIE vendor to provide planning guidance. delegates full responsibility for EHR and HIE to a specific person or team. devotes substantial time to planning for clinical transformation with EHR and HIE. Staff… have not yet been told about EHR and HIE planning. have been given general information about EHR and HIE planning, but generally have little idea how it will impact their work. have been included in communications about the EHR and HIE, including some specific activities.
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