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At the VCU Health System (VCUHS), in order to overcome the barriers posed by traditional methods of implementing clinical applications, the VCUHS created an Office of Clinical Transformation (OCT). “The OCT was established as a data-driven entity with the goal of converging clinical, educational, financial and research activities through the application of medical informatics,” wrote lead author Colin A. Banas , MD, assistant CMIO from the department of internal medicine at the School of Medicine at VCU. “The CMIO served as the physician champion, devoting 75 percent of his time to transformative endeavors while remaining clinically active for the remainder. He also continued to carry out his traditional CMIO activities, such as strategic planning,” Banas and colleagues wrote. Nurse informaticists provided balanced and equal leadership and were led by the Chief Nursing Information Officer, they wrote. The OCT had six councils working across three domains (diffusion on innovation; impact assessment and metrics; and interoperability and outreach) to increase the usage and adoption of the EHR. “The deployment strategy included three phases: a preparatory phase focused on training and technical application, an adaptive period designed to engage clinicians at their own pace, and a practice transformation phase for optimization of the application after implementation,” the authors wrote. During the preparatory phase, one of the six councils, the Online Documentation Council (DOC), reviewed deployment strategies and focused on the production of documentation tools. Providers were encouraged to create digital documentation according to personal preference across three available tools (blob text, structured text and dictation). The DOC negotiated configuration decisions across specialties, the researchers noted. “During implementation of the electronic documentation tools in the adaptive period, providers were encouraged to convert to an electronic note writing process; however, conversion was not yet mandatory,” the authors stated, adding that early adopters identified flaws in the configuration of the application and adjustments were made to ease the adoption for subsequent users. The authors noted limitations to the case report. For example, the investment required to establish the OCT was substantial. “However, there are many instances of failed implementation of EHRs due to clinician resistance because of deployment of non-intuitive software.

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