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An integrated EHR at Northern California Kaiser Permanente

Journal:	Applied Clinical Informatics
ISSN:	1869-0327
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2012-03-RA-0006
Issue:	Vol. 3: Issue 3 2012
Pages:	318-325

An integrated EHR at Northern California Kaiser Permanente

Pitfalls, challenges, and benefits experienced in transitioning

Case Report

Special Edition Changing IT Systems

S. Bornstein (1)

(1) Physician Lead 2003–2012, Northern California Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect Electronic Health Record

Summary

As legacy information systems age, transition to newer systems is inevitable, but at times fraught with challenge. This brief article addresses some of the pitfalls, challenges, and benefits we experienced at Kaiser Permanente as we transitioned several key clinical information systems to Epic Systems for our integrated comprehensive Electronic Health Record (EHR).

Keywords

Patient Records, clinical information systems, Electronic health records and systems, Implementation and deployment, clinical documentation and communications, facilitators and barriers, telemedicine and telehealth, integrated information systems

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2012-03-RA-0006

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