The Community Strategy: Designing EMR Programs for Voluntary Medical Staff
Description:
EMR implementation projects represent opportunities to strengthen voluntary physician alignment. This lecture provides a roadmap for designing programs in alignment with the strategic objectives of the hospital and medical staff.
Speaker Information:
Jeff Sturman, administrative director, Memorial Healthcare System;
David Vreeland, CPHIMS, PMP, partner at Cumberland Consulting Group.
Objectives:
EMR implementation projects represent opportunities to strengthen voluntary physician alignment. This lecture provides a roadmap for designing programs in alignment with the strategic objectives of the hospital and medical staff.
Speaker Information:
Jeff Sturman, administrative director, Memorial Healthcare System;
David Vreeland, CPHIMS, PMP, partner at Cumberland Consulting Group.
Objectives:
- Identify various statutes governing EMR implementation projects, such as Stark Law and IRS guidelines;
- Summarize what a hospital can and cannot do to assist voluntary medical staff with their EMR implementation;
- Discuss the importance of your hospital's competitive position and ability to support such a program financially;
- Discuss aspects of program design including the number of options and meeting physicians' needs while keeping the support requirements manageable; and
- Recognize the importance of a thorough communications and marketing plan to educate the medical staff and encourage feedback from them to further inform program design.