Goals & Guiding Principles

<div class="container-goals"> <h2>Project <strong>Goals</strong></h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p> </p><h3>Vision</h3>Our commitment is to support our pillars of excellence, strengthen our competitive advantage and offer the premier product in the marketplace.<br><br><h3>Quality </h3>Our system will enhance our ability to provide high quality evidence-based care in a safe environment and be able to quantify our care and deliver metrics in a meaningful way.<br><br><h3>Houston Methodist Experience </h3>Our system will highlight the Houston Methodist Experience by connecting our clinicians, physicians, employees, patients and families.<br><br><h3>Usability </h3>Our system will be intuitive and promote efficient workflows that allow effective adoption of the system.<br><br><h3>Research</h3>Our system will allow comprehensive data analysis to support research, incorporate research-derived attributes to the patient's record and drive clinical effectiveness.<br><br><h3>Return </h3>Our system will deliver the identified benefits which will be tracked over time. <p></p> <hr><h2>Guiding <strong>Principles</strong></h2> <br> <p>Patient Focus: When making decisions, we must all "be" the patient.</p><ul><li>While many perspectives go into the design and build, the perspective that may not be represented at the table is that of the patient</li><li>We must make decisions not just in the best interest of the patient, but as if we ARE the patient.</li></ul><br>We will integrate the vendor workflows to drive the most effective design and implementation to optimize Houston Methodist best practices.<br><br>We will continually challenge current practices which may require changes in Houston Methodist processes in order to streamline and simplify. <br><br>We will make system-wide design decisions that are evidence-based, led by users to hardwire leading practices and drive consistent outcomes supported by Information Technology.<br><br>We will make enterprise-wide decisions rather than individual, unit or department-specific in order to drive consistent outcomes.<br><br>Strong preference will be given to the integrated solution when making technology selections.<br><br><ul><li>Alternative vendor solutions must be justified and approved through a formal process.</li><li>Whenever possible, departmental and niche systems will be replaced by our integrated solution to preserve the integrity of the longitudinal patient record. </li></ul><br>Use of the system will be mandated for all providers. All users will be trained and demonstrate competency before receiving access.</div> </div> </div>