AMDIS Case Conference: Implementing Electronic Health Records in a Small Subspecialty Practice

Appl Clin Inform. 2011 May 18;2(2):158-64. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2010-11-CR-0066. Print 2011.

Abstract

Electronic health record adoption has failed to achieve critical mass in small private practices in no small part due to lack of leadership; the challenge of cultural change; and the difficulty of adapting to new automated workflows. We present one small practice that successfully navigated these obstacles, and examine its accomplishments through the lens of organizational psychology.

Keywords: Change management; electronic health records; hematology-oncology; small practice.