In order to guarantee the effective implementation and the use of the Clinical Information System (CIS) and its integration with Electronic Health Records (EHR), the clinical staff needs to be appropriately trained and supported on the on-going base. The purpose of providing the education and training for the current and new staff is the development and improvement of their skills in working with the CIS and EHR. The plan for the staff support, education, and training are organized with the focus on the pre-implementation, implementation, and post-implementation stages (Haux, Winter, Ammenwerth, & Brigl, 2013, p. 12; Lu, Hsiao, & Chen, 2012). Table 1 represents the plan to be implemented in the context of the project.
At the pre-implementation stage, Meaningful Use Leaders and Super Users Manager are responsible for educating Super Users among the nursing and physician staff regarding the advantages and particular features of working with the CIS. They expect to use PowerPoint Presentations to visualize the information and assessments to test the understanding (Ball, Weaver, & Kiel, 2013). Trainers and Consultants are responsible for the actual training of Super Users at this stage while utilizing the prepared guides and manuals.
During the implementation stage, the focus is shifted to supporting, educating, and training the nursing and physician staff. The support means the effective communication of the project objectives to motivate the personnel to adopt changes. Nurse Manager and Physician Manager are responsible for communicating with the employees, using guidelines. Meaningful Use Leaders are responsible for educating the staff. The training is provided by Trainers and Consultants.
At the post-implementation stage, the daily support is provided to the staff, and Super Users and Consultants are responsible for performing this task in order to guarantee that all employees feel comfortable while working with the CIS (Courtemanche et al., 2014). If it is necessary to provide the training regarding updates, Trainers and Consultants permanently working in an organization are responsible for this task.
The budget is planned with the focus on resources needed to pay for the trainers and managers’ work per hour and resources needed to pay for the preparation of manuals, conducting seminars, and using technologies (Blum, 2013, p. 54; Li et al., 2014). For the post-implementation training, the budget is set with the focus on monthly expenses for supporting the staff.
The method used for providing staff support, education, and training are based on the tasks set by managers. Support for the staff is provided in the form of consultations. Explanation of the CIS principles is realized with the help of lectures and presentations followed by assessments. Training is effectively realized when employees discuss the practical aspects of participating seminars and develop their computer skills during workshops.
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