6 steps to success in sourcing ehr software

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6 Steps To Success in Sourcing EHR Software

180 Good Drive | Lancaster, PA 17603717.283.0980

www.thornberryltd.com

This guide was designed to provide the essential steps to help you find the right software for your home health or hospice agency. Each step will include 2- 3 key elements. If you follow this process, you will be far more effective in your software search.

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6 Steps to Home Health and Hospice Software Selection

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Determine Your Pain & Identify Your Needs

Conduct a Market Assessment

Finalize & Prioritize Your Requirements

Evaluate Product Demo & Pricing

Selection/Award

Implementation



Determine Your Pains & Identify Your Needs

1 • Identify the current business issues

• Align goals with executive initiatives

• Identify existing systems that need to be integrated



Market Assessment

2 • KLAS reports

• Analyst reviews

• Customer references and referrals



Finalize & Prioritize Requirements3 • Develop a decision criteria matrix

• Share the same information with all vendors

This assures you are comparing apples to apples



Evaluate Product Demo and Pricing

4 • Make sure you are viewing the same productin the demo that you will be implementing

• Score and rank vendors based upon predetermined criteria This assures your decision is objective

(functionality should have more weight than appearance)

• Focus on total cost of ownership



Selection/Award 5 • Finalize contract negotiations

• Collaborate with vendor on KPI’s

• Determine frequency of performance reviews



Implementation

6 • Identify any transition needs (data, processes)

• Create and transition/implementation plan

• Alert users and share benefits of new system



You might also be interested in The Checklist for Evaluating Software

http://info.ndocsoftware.com/download-the-checklist-for-evaluating-home-healthcare-and-hospice-software



For more information on the steps or to learn more about sourcing software contact us

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6 steps to success in sourcing ehr software

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