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Strategies For Developing And Implementing Information Technology Systems For Ehrs, Priscilla Riddley
Strategies For Developing And Implementing Information Technology Systems For Ehrs, Priscilla Riddley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some hospital leaders lack the technical expertise to implement electronic health records (EHRs) even though the healthcare industry has a government mandate. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies healthcare executives use to develop and implement information technology systems for processing EHRs. The target population consisted of healthcare leaders and managers successful in implementing EHR systems in a healthcare organization. Lewin's 3-step change theory was used as the conceptual framework for this study with data collected from observations (5), semistructured interviews (5), and organizational documents. Descriptive coding was used to identify 3 themes that emerged from …