EHR Implementation Project Closure Report
This is a practical guide to building a project closure report for an ehr implementation project — the record that formally closes the project and confirms acceptance, adapted to the realities of implementing an electronic health records system.
What a Project Closure Report is
A project closure report is the record that formally closes the project and confirms acceptance. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Project Closure. On an ehr implementation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an EHR Implementation project
EHR Implementation projects live or die on implementing an electronic health records system. A well-built project closure report gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how ehr implementation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Objectives vs outcomes
- Deliverable acceptance
- Budget/schedule summary
- Lessons learned
- Handover
EHR Implementation-specific considerations
Tailor the project closure report to the risks that most often derail ehr implementation projects:
- Clinical workflow disruption
- Patient-data privacy
- Clinician adoption
Example
On a real ehr implementation project, the project closure report would be shaped by implementing an electronic health records system. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — clinical workflow disruption, patient-data privacy, clinician adoption — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.