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A CPOE Project Plan
General
- Assign a Project team.
- Coordinate with your primary Vendor to elicit any type of assistance that they may offer.
- Elect or assign a Project Manager or Lead person and ask for the same type of person from the Vendor side.
- Clinical coordination methods established with IT department.
- Develop a Charter, Project Plan and Task Lists.
- Have a well defined Communication and Marketing Plan for CPOE.
- Consider device availability and selection.
- Consider Nursing’s Role in CPOE.
- Plan early for Education to all members of the staff in the Health System including the Physicians.
- Prepare detailed unit and integrated testing documents.
- Establish routine calls with vendor per Project Plan.
- Newsletters bi-weekly or periodically to Nursing and other departments affected by CPOE
- Issues tracking log.
- Develop Go-Live Plan at least one month prior to the go-live date. Consider support for the go-live. RN’s, IT, Unit Clerks, etc.
- Assess and document current Order Entry workflow processes and procedures.
- Evaluation of current Order Detail Forms.
- Consider Evidence based Orders.
- Review orders that generate charges.
Tools
Example of a project planning document:
CPOE MedCentral Pre-Req To Do List.xls