Achieving successful EPR implementation with the penta-stage model

摘要

Electronic patient record(EPR)systems are currently being implemented in a plethora of healthcare organisations on both sides of the Atlantic.These systems,through their ability to integrate several functions and provide seamless access to information,are expected to enable value-driven patient-centric healthcare delivery.At a time when healthcare globally is under tremendous pressure,EPR appears to be the panacea.However,EPR implementation has major organisational and cultural implications that to date have not been addressed and thus play a major role in the less than optimal results currently being experienced post EPR implementation.To address this issue,we discuss the need to incorporate the Penta-Stage model developed by analysing various EPR implementations in healthcare settings in both the UK and the USA.Reference to this paper should be made as follows:Bali,R.K.and Wickramasinghe,N.(2008)'Achieving successful EPR implementation with the penta-stage model',Int.J.Healthcare Technology and Management,Vol.9,No.1,pp.97-105.