Table 1.

Outline of the EHR planning and implementation guideline of the partnership model

Phrase	Ref no	Guideline component
Pre-implementation	1.1	Readiness assessments
	1.2	Technical infrastructure preparation
	1.3	Culture preparation and change management
	1.4	Workflow redesign
	1.5	Guided data preloading
	1.6	Software tailoring
	1.7	Integrated and upgraded billing
	1.8	Data exchange capability
	1.9	Assistance in negotiation and working with external partners
During-implementation	2.1	Shared hosting
	2.2	Training and retraining
	2.3	Formative evaluation
	2.4	Regular performance feedback
	2.5	Corrective actions
Post-implementation	3.1	Leadership teleconference
	3.2	Annual partnership symposium
	3.3	Data integrity
	3.4	Centralized analytical data warehouse
	3.5	Research capacity building and summative evaluation

Full descriptions of each of the guideline components are provided in supplementary appendix 1, available online only.

EHR, electronic health record.