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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Implementing systems is often more challenging than designing systems. Consider a large healthcare organization that is implementing an EHR that must interface with multiple external systems, and complete the following:

• Select 1 of the following components of such an implementation, and explain what would be required to implement this aspect of the project:
  • User training
  • Documentation of the system for support or operations
  • Documenting the system for regulatory approval
  • Evaluating the system for security concerns
  • Evaluating the system for implementing the system at a new facility that the organization has acquired

User training is critical to the success of an EHR implementation. What do you think should be the timeline of training the staff when the “go-live” date for a new EHR is 12 months away? Who should be responsible for training all the front-line staff, and if it is not the vendor, what is the training timeline for those people?   Just as an FYI, the timelines for this kind of project are almost always in months and implementation/completion is usually 1-2 years after the first internal meeting.