A dose of RHIOlity.

Remember how difficult it was to roll out enterprisewide orders and results, or group efforts to maximize adoption rates once CPOE went live? Who can forget the pain and suffering involved in bringing an e-MAR live? In their own ways, these were all Herculean efforts that transcended pure systems implementation and, ultimately, revealed themselves as lessons in human behavior and, in some cases, cat herding. Now, multiply those experiences by 10, sprinkle in a root canal and behold multiple attempts to launch regional healthcare information organizations, or RHIOs.