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Lessons Learned from Evanston Northwestern

Evanston Northwestern recently implemented an EMR and CPOE. Entire article found here.

Business Improvements:

1. Test result turnaround times have dropped


2. insurance denials related to insufficient information have fallen to 0.5 percent of all claims

Lessons Learned:

1. Have mandatory training for all users of the system to ensure clinician usage


2. Review categories of medical errors and monitor which ones should be eliminated