January 2005 – NOA’s Rod Walker, FACHE, FHFMA, published an article in the January 2005 edition of advance For Health Information Executives, (Vol. 9 •Issue 1 • Page 32 “Seven Keys to a Successful EMR Implementation”). As the title indicates, the published article provided a summary review of best-demonstrated practices for deployment of an electronic medical record system. Rod’s approach to writing this article was a combination of his experiences as both a former CIO where he lead the deployment efforts at a large medical center as well as from his experience as a clinical systems consultant. The article is another example of how NOA continues to deliver targeted quality consulting support to our customers.

Rod Walker is a partner and Chief Operating Officer of Negley, Ott & Associates, Inc.
 

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NOA was formed in 1992 by IS professionals with a desire to provide hospital information system and clinical professionals with best demonstrated practices in conjunction with implementing clinical software systems that focus on patient care. The issues, personalities, opportunities, challenges and solutions required by clinical system implementations require the ability to meld sensitivity to clinical processes with the realities of computing and patient care delivery. To date, NOA has provided services to over 40 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada installing clinical systems using an approach that stresses both outcomes and knowledge transfer. Supporting so many users, both during and after their installation, gives NOA the opportunity to understand the issues that make clinical systems work, and those that don't.

NEGLEY, OTT & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a clinical systems consulting company with certification on multiple CPR systems and has established business partnership agreements with both Eclipsys and Misys.