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Lead - don't manage - EHR adoption: allowing multiple work processes leads to unnecessary inefficiencies.(electronic health records)
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Behavioral Health Management
- Article date:
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January 1, 2006
- Author:
- Morrison, Dennis P.
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Probably no task challenges today's behavioral healthcare leaders more than selecting and implementing information systems, especially electronic health records (EHRs). In the January/February 2004 edition of this column (in one of Behavioral Healthcare's predecessors, Behavioral Health Management), William R. Connors, MSW, and Michael Butz, PhD, discuss the importance of executive involvement in EHR implementation. (1) They stress that despite the temptation to avoid involvement in EHR implementations, senior managers must be more involved, and the authors provide excellent suggestions about how to do so.
This issue warrants continued attention because many CEOs remain ...