Clinical System Adoption, Plain & Simple

Learn the various phases of introducing new products into the healthcare market & the importance of use centered design.

Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT), as it is sometimes called, are playing a critical role in all our healthcare organizations today. They are permeating our hospitals, our clinics, our homes, our pharmacies and every aspect of our lives. If implemented correctly they have the potential of making healthcare processes more efficient and maximizing patient and user experience. If implemented incorrectly, they can wreak havoc.

What you’ll learn

  • The importance of simple user interface design for the adoption of healthcare products and services.
  • The various models which help understand the rate of adoption of new healthcare products and services into the market.
  • The importance of planning a phased rollout of any healthcare system.

Course Content

  • Course –> 6 lectures • 54min.

Clinical System Adoption, Plain & Simple

Requirements

Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT), as it is sometimes called, are playing a critical role in all our healthcare organizations today. They are permeating our hospitals, our clinics, our homes, our pharmacies and every aspect of our lives. If implemented correctly they have the potential of making healthcare processes more efficient and maximizing patient and user experience. If implemented incorrectly, they can wreak havoc.

The topics covered in this “Clinical System Adoption” course are:

  • Launching Healthcare Information Systems
    • Technology Adoption Curve
    • Crossing the Chasm
    • Hypecycle
  • Use Acceptance of Healthcare Information Systems
    • Feature Fatigue
    • Tradeoff of Capability vs Simplicity
    • Capturing Value with Innovation

The basic concepts behind Healthcare Information Systems are often presented in a very complex, difficult to understand style. This “PLAIN AND SIMPLE” series on Healthcare Information Systems is different. It strives to introduce the basic concepts of information technology and systems in a very simple and easy to understand format using many examples from both non healthcare and healthcare environments. This course is targeted at the entry level (Basic and Intermediate Level) learner.

The content of the series is based on the author’s 35 years experience in the healthcare information systems business. This experience spans product design and launch, marketing, business development and executive management (including president). In addition it is based on 15 years teaching at the graduate level in the University environment.

This course is part of a series on healthcare.

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