Low Hanging Fruit

The articles that always get me are ones that focus on getting the software RIGHT. If it works, and you follow up to get the information out of it, it can be a really great thing. If the software looks like programmers thought it up, it won't get the adoption it needs to be useful (or meaningful).

If you subscribe to the Archives of Internal Medicine, you can see the original. Otherwise, enjoy the abstract pointed to above.

With EMR system notifications, just as with email, you can't send a missive to a group and hope that one of them decides to act. All recipients, especially if they are busy doctors, will assume that someone else will do the responding.

The real lesson, post-implementation, be sure to circle back and see what is really being used and how effectively.