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this live yet, I'm seeing nurses fly through the documentation in our
testing phase because it complements the actual care they're giving
the patient.
"I can't share the joy of a completed implementation
with you, but I can share what we did wrong and
what we did right throughout this process."
— Annette D. Saylor, RN, CNOR, CRNFA
Accurate, actionable intelligence
Once we're live and have a month's worth of data to evaluate, we'll
complete our analytics training. I'm looking forward to turning my
perioperative statistics into accurate, actionable intelligence. I'll finally have some tools I need to complete my job efficiently and effectively. The ability to drill down to the data I want to collect without having to contact IT to have a report written is priceless.
We'll update you with a final chapter of this EMR diary on www.outpatientsurgery.net. Thank you for letting me share this journey with
you and thank you for all the great comments and contacts that have
stemmed from this series. OSM
Ms. Saylor (asaylor@gjhosp.org) is director of surgical services at
Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo.
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