GUEST BLOG: Congratulations! You Made it Through the Implementation… Now What?

The evaluation and optimization of system functionality, patient and provider workflow, organizational and physical infrastructure, and application content can greatly enhance an organization’s ability to realize its clinical, financial and operational goals.  As expectations of continuity of care increase, systems will need to maximize these efficiencies in both the inpatient, outpatient and community settings.

Dr. Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of Clinovations. He has a long history of leading CPOE implementation, ambulatory EHR strategy, and clinical transformation engagements. Currently he is supporting inpatient and ambulatory HIT engagements at several large integrated health systems. Williams has significant experience developing benefits realization, physician adoption, clinical transformation strategies as well as working with 3rd party vendors to develop evidence-based clinical content.

Williams is Associate Editor of the book Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide, which received the 2009 HIMSS Book of the Year Award. Prior to beginning his consulting career in 2002, Williams was the Medical Director of Family Practice at Mammoth Hospital in California and was a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, M.D. from Marshall University, and completed his family practice residency at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles.