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Overall Electronic Health Record (EHR) Project

Frequently Asked Questions  (Updated:  8/27/12)

What are the major components of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)?

What EHR is Methodist using?

Did Methodist Medical Staff Leadership have input on proceeding forward with an EHR now?  

Is HCA/MHS evaluating alternative EHR systems for future use?

What are the go-live dates for each Methodist Campus?

How is the EHR project progressing at NEMH, MSTH, MSOH, and MTH?

Does MHS Medical Staff provide ongoing recommendations regarding the EHR and its clinical functionality?

What are the major components of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)?

• Provider Documentation (pDoc)
• Clinical Review
• Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
• Electronic Medication Reconciliation (Future Enhancement)

What EHR is Methodist using?

• Meditech Advanced Clinicals

Did Methodist Medical Staff Leadership have input on proceeding forward with an EHR now?  
Yes. Medical Staff Leadership, including physician Chiefs of Staff and hospital leadership (CEOs and CNOs), met in October 2011 and recommended proceeding forward with EHR implementation now.

Is HCA/MHS evaluating alternative EHR systems for future use?

• Yes, HCA is evaluating the next version of Meditech and Epic.
• A future HCA/MHS EHR may not be available for 5-10 years. Therefore, our physician and hospital leadership decided to proceed forward with Meditech Advanced Clinicals now.

What are the go-live dates for each Methodist Campus?

How is the EHR project progressing at NEMH, MSTH, MSOH, and MTH?

• Initial feedback has been favorable from many physicians.
• > 4,000 notes have been created at all MHS campuses in last 2 weeks.
• More than 200 physicians are creating notes online.

EHR Physician Leadership

Does MHS Medical Staff provide ongoing recommendations regarding the EHR and its clinical functionality?
Yes. Each MHS campus is represented by a Physician Advisory Group that meets monthly to review functionality and providing ongoing recommendations on the EHR deployment. The EHR Physician Leaders who chair the Physician Advisory Groups are listed below.

EHR Campus Leadership

Listed below are the campus EHR Leadership teams. To contact a member of the campus EHR team, please call 575-CPOE (575-2763).