Yale New Haven Hospital System comprised of Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, the Yale Medical Group, the Northeast Medical Group and group doctors all through the state. EPIC contract was signed on July 14 ,2010. Lisa stump is the one who is responsible for implementing Epic and she is the vice president, Project manager for Epic implementation and associate chief information officer for YNHHS. She was looking for a better option to establish technology infrastructure to support patient care and Epic offered them the chance. Epic now holds 275 clients around the world and 49 percent of U.S. population’s and 2 percent of the world medical records are covered by EPIC. Yale choose the big bang approach for implementing epic, bringing
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During the actual administration of medicines this method is used to address patient safety and reduce errors. (Nelson, R., & staggers, N. (2018)
While implementing the Epic there were many challenges that were faced by the team. Some of the challenges are as follows: Behavior changes and organizational alignments, High budget, Functionality, Security and Usability, Revenue integrity, Policy making Traditional reporting. To overcome these challenges the Epic team maintained a strong relationship with the end users and some creative measures were taken by addressing these challenges.
Epic was successful because of: Governance, managing change, organizational structure and engaging physicians.
Conclusion
Lisa stump presentation was very interesting and informative. The determination of Epic is one of the biggest achievement. Lisa stump had a perfect strategic plan. The eventual goal of Epic EMR is to offer improved medical care to the community of the Yale new haven health system.
References Yale New Haven Health System plans $250M EHR system. (2011, February 7). Retrieved
During the actual administration of medicines this method is used to address patient safety and reduce errors. (Nelson, R., & staggers, N. (2018)
While implementing the Epic there were many challenges that were faced by the team. Some of the challenges are as follows: Behavior changes and organizational alignments, High budget, Functionality, Security and Usability, Revenue integrity, Policy making Traditional reporting. To overcome these challenges the Epic team maintained a strong relationship with the end users and some creative measures were taken by addressing these challenges.
Epic was successful because of: Governance, managing change, organizational structure and engaging physicians.
Conclusion
Lisa stump presentation was very interesting and informative. The determination of Epic is one of the biggest achievement. Lisa stump had a perfect strategic plan. The eventual goal of Epic EMR is to offer improved medical care to the community of the Yale new haven health system.
References Yale New Haven Health System plans $250M EHR system. (2011, February 7). Retrieved