Go-Live: Smart Strategies from Davies Award-Winning EHR Implementations presents the real-world experiences of more than two dozen diverse healthcare organizations that underwent the remarkable transformation to electronic health records, and were recognized for their efforts with the coveted HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence. From small community clinics to major regional health systems, the firsthand accounts in this book offer best practices and lessons learned for every step in the implementation process - from achieving buy-in from stakeholders and assessing resources to managing change-resistant staff and establishing metrics of success. The journey to EHR implementation can be complicated, but a successful 'go-live' offers healthcare organizations innovative and ever-evolving opportunities to improve the way in which they do business and deliver care. Because every member of your organization will be touched by the EHR implementation, the experiences in this book are essential reading for executive leadership, providers, administrators and IT staff. Go-Live takes you, step-by-step, from the very first implementation meeting to establishing protocols for upgrades, training and support after go-live.

With the same clarity that made the previous edition a bestseller, Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.: An Introduction, Second Edition provides readers with the understanding required to navigate the healthcare provider field. Brilliantly simple, yet comprehensive, this updated edition explains how recent health care reform will impact hospitals and health systems. It includes updated case studies and describes the new organizational structures being driven by current market conditions. Focusing on healthcare management, the book addresses the range of topics critical to understanding the U.S. healthcare system, including the quality of care movement, recent finance reform, and the recent increase in merger and acquisition activity. Dr. Schulte walks readers through the history of the development of U.S. healthcare delivery. She describes the various venues of care delivery as well as the different elements of the financing system. Offering a glimpse into the global market and medical tourism, the text includes coverage of legal and regulatory issues, workforce, and the drivers and barriers that are shaping healthcare delivery around the world. Painting a clear and up-to-date picture, this quick-and-easy read provides you with the understanding of the terminology, structures, roles, relationships, and nuances needed to interact effectively and efficiently with anyone in the healthcare provider field.

The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award Program provides the nation's largest collection of first-hand accounts of the vision, leadership, technology and management required to achieve successful electronic health record (EHR) implementation in large healthcare organizations and ambulatory practices. This book is a remarkable collection of 32 case studies from both the organizational and ambulatory tracts of the Davies Program from the time period of 1995 through 2005. In addition, five of the case studies are presented with follow-up profiles, showcasing what these award-winning institutions accomplished in the years following successful EHR implementation. The introduction of the book highlights the lessons learned from these pioneering organizations with regard to leadership, implementation, and value and return on investment.

The American Medical Association asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that affect physician professional satisfaction. RAND researchers sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction by gathering data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination of surveys and semistructured interviews. This report presents the results of the subsequent analysis.