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Organizations look at the current state of their practice and see how an EHR will help or hurt their current practice. Look towards the future and see how this software can impact patient care, physicians, and staff use. Set measurable goals in place and check them throughout the EHR implementation process. Form a project management team that is made up of multidisciplinary individuals who all have a clear and concise vision for the organization. After you assess your practice, the next step would be to plan your approach. In this step, the team looks at “tasks to performs, the order of those tasks, and clear communication to the team regarding change process with the tasks” (HealthIT). The HealthIT article lists some calculated steps that usually happen during the planning phase of Implementation. Firstly you should analyze current workflow and see how the organization gets work done, then see how an EHR will play into the workflow after that create a contingency plan also known as a backup plan for any issues that arise during the implementation. After all those steps are intact, then we need to create a chart abstraction plan, then figure out which date can be converted from the old system to new and the last