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As of hospital information system packages or medical practice software for your organization, many challenges are associated with picking the best hospital management system or electronic medical records software (EMR software). A method to make sure you have found the best healthcare software for your team is to carefully perform a software vendor selection process.
For those individuals new to the software selection process, there are 7 key steps that should happen prior to buying any new healthcare software. These steps are shown below.
1. System Requirements: Identify your medical practice software wants by simply determining the functionality that is needed.
2. Formalize the system selection proces: Include key shareholders and an executive project sponsor in this step.
3. UsersUnite Review: Visit our site at www.usersunite.com to discover what healthcare software is available in your product class. Also, you can see what other users think about those products. With this data you should narrow your list to around 5 software vendors.
4. Software Vendor RFP: Create a detailed request for proposal that itemizes all questions and system needs. Require that your top 5 medical software companies complete the RFP.
5. Software Vendor References: Call the medical software companies' references and ask the key contact questions about their contracting experience, the roll out process, and ongoing support. Additionally, ask if one of your staff can talk with one of their users to further discuss the system.
6. Software Vendor Functional Demonstrations: Provide the medical software companies an in-depth list of functionality requirements before the demonstration. Grade each function as it is presented.
7. Site Visit: Narrow your list to a couple of firms and visit current users of the applications. Spend time reviewing the way in which the system is employed by these firms. You must interview multiple users at all locations and learn their experiences with the tool.
A technique to find out more about healthcare software is by attending a healthcare conference. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization. Visit their site at www.himss.org for more information about available offerings. This healthcare conference alone has over 300 education sessions on the healthcare industry's hottest issues (Significant Use, HITECH, HIE, standards, interoperability, to name a couple), symposiums and workshops, and an exhibition demonstrating thousands of products and services.
For those individuals new to the software selection process, there are 7 key steps that should happen prior to buying any new healthcare software. These steps are shown below.
1. System Requirements: Identify your medical practice software wants by simply determining the functionality that is needed.
2. Formalize the system selection proces: Include key shareholders and an executive project sponsor in this step.
3. UsersUnite Review: Visit our site at www.usersunite.com to discover what healthcare software is available in your product class. Also, you can see what other users think about those products. With this data you should narrow your list to around 5 software vendors.
4. Software Vendor RFP: Create a detailed request for proposal that itemizes all questions and system needs. Require that your top 5 medical software companies complete the RFP.
5. Software Vendor References: Call the medical software companies' references and ask the key contact questions about their contracting experience, the roll out process, and ongoing support. Additionally, ask if one of your staff can talk with one of their users to further discuss the system.
6. Software Vendor Functional Demonstrations: Provide the medical software companies an in-depth list of functionality requirements before the demonstration. Grade each function as it is presented.
7. Site Visit: Narrow your list to a couple of firms and visit current users of the applications. Spend time reviewing the way in which the system is employed by these firms. You must interview multiple users at all locations and learn their experiences with the tool.
A technique to find out more about healthcare software is by attending a healthcare conference. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization. Visit their site at www.himss.org for more information about available offerings. This healthcare conference alone has over 300 education sessions on the healthcare industry's hottest issues (Significant Use, HITECH, HIE, standards, interoperability, to name a couple), symposiums and workshops, and an exhibition demonstrating thousands of products and services.
About the Author:
Written by Jason Sanderson, Industry Director - Healthcare & Hospital for UsersUnite. Jason writes a blog that discusses the subjects and news related to hospital and healthcare software of all kinds. If there is a subject that you would like to see Jason write about please send her an email with the details at sales@usersunite.com.
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