Health Center's guide to the MEHI EHR Planning and Procurement Toolkit
Year Developed: 2016
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Enabling Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: HITEQ (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: An introduction to creating an EHR RFP using the MEHI EHR Planning and Procurement Toolkit. This resource shows the user how to use a comprehensive tool such as the EHR Planning and Procurement Toolkit from the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MEHI) to guide your organization through the process of EHR procurement. The process documented in the EHR Planning and Procurement Toolkit offers a field-tested and proven methodology for a health center that is procuring an EHR. The Toolkit offers a process that will lead an organization through readiness and preparation, vendor solicitation, evaluation and selection, and vendor relationship management. Embedded within the Toolkit at critical steps along the way are the tools needed to execute an effective procurement process.
Resource Topic: Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data
Resource Subtopic: Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
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