Preparing for Organizational Change: Project: SAFETYfirst
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
4-1-2011
Description
A 15-facility healthcare organization utilized organizational change management techniques to aid with the adoption of a clinical information system to accomplish desired cultural transformation. The aim of this article was to provide a description of team member and physician attitudes toward change during conversion to a new clinical information system of electronic documentation. The tool developed and utilized was a change readiness survey to assess randomly selected team member and physician perceived readiness for the transition to an electronic documentation system. This article reviewed the rationale for using organizational change management techniques to facilitate adoption of a new clinical information system and discussed development of a change readiness survey tool. It explored the findings from the first 3 years of the survey.
Citation Information
Pfortmiller, Deborah T.; Mustain, Jane M.; Lowry, Lois W.; and Wilhoit, Kathryn W.. 2011. Preparing for Organizational Change: Project: SAFETYfirst. CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing. Vol.29(4). 230-236. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181f9dc8b PMID: 20975540 ISSN: 1538-2931