ABSTRACT
The committee members provide top-down, visible support to the team members. Very often the chief nursing officer and the chief information officer co-chair this committee, and additional members attending this committee include the chief financial officer, chief medical officer, chief medical informatics officer, and department chairs. An electronic health record (EHR) is a standardized, efficient, and accessible way to provide information to clinical staff across the continuum of care. A clinical information system is the foundation of the EHR. Implementation roles include executive sponsor, project director, team leader, clinical system analyst, educator, and superuser. The executive sponsor will help align system design with clinical outcomes and will establish implementation goals that will support the organization's mission, vision, and values. The director, in collaboration with directors from other disciplines, will identify requirements from a technical and clinical perspective, where functional requirements are included in request for information and request for proposal documents.
