CHAPTER 6

Review Your Policies and Develop a Plan

Strategies for Success

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

You have identified your partners in your project, you know who the business owners are, and you understand some of your risks. Before you begin to implement the changes that will lead to a secure EMR system, you will want to ensure you have a roadmap that will assure success.

You will need to know not only how you are going to get from point A to point B. but also what kind of resources you have to move you along that path, what your organization’s risk tolerance is, what legwork has already been done, and what you are expected to deliver. Without clear answers to these questions, you will be spinning ...

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