Health IT and EHRs: Integrated Electronic Health Records

  Reading Health IT and EHRs: Integrated Electronic Health Records (6th ed.) By Margret K. Amatayakul Chapter 7: “Health IT Vendor Selection and Contract Negotiation” This chapter discusses the vendor selection process for acquiring an EHR, any of its components, including bridge technology, or other health IT. It describes options organizations have for structuring their health IT acquisition and the critical role advance planning has in the process, and outlines critical tasks required to avoid legal and technical pitfalls. Terms Needs assessment – describes the key capabilities or application requirements for achieving the benefits of EHR or other type of health IT as the organization has envisioned Health Level 7 EHR system functional model – review Figure 7.1 of the textbook Use cases – scenarios that describe a system’s behavior as it responds to a request that originates from outside of that system Discussion question This week, I would like you to present to the class a review of an EHR vendor. 1. to find an EHR vendor 2. Discuss the following in your primary post: a. What is the vendor and the EHR product? b. What are the EHR uses? c. Who are current users of the EHR? d. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of the vendor and the EHR