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. 2013 Nov 19;8(11):e79394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079394

Table 6. Questions that hospitals should ask themselves before venturing forth with implementing ePrescribing systems.

Strategic context
1. What is the overall organizational information strategy and how does ePrescribing fit into this in the short-, medium- and long-term?
Case for change and objectives
2. Which system and which supplier fits best within this information strategy?
3. Has the implementation necessary inter-disciplinary buy-in across the organization?
Future service requirements and options appraisal
4. How do hospital and supplier visions and short-, medium- and long-term strategies align?
5. Has anyone else implemented this system and what are their experiences? Ideally share experiences on an on-going basis.
6. What are current organizational processes, what is the desired future state (in the short-, medium- and long-term), and what steps need to be taken to get there?
7. What functionality can local resources realistically buy now and in the future? This will also require accounting for additional staff, infrastructure, interfacing etc.
Timescale and deliverability
8. What is essential functionality and what is desirable? This should involve assessing organizational and individual needs of each professional stakeholder group.
9. What are realistic organizational and individual benefits?
10. What changes to systems, needs and strategies can be expected in the future?