Participatory Vendor Selection

Evaluate at least 2 vendors on at least 3 criteria. The procedures to follow are described below:

1. Select two vendors of electronic health records.
2. Interview at least two decision makers. Conduct these interviews separately (could be done on the phone).
   • Select at least 3 criteria for evaluating electronic health records based on your decision maker’s input. Example► Another►
   • Ask the participants to rate the levels of each criterion.
   • Ask the participants to rate the relative importance of each criterion
3. Use published literature or experts’ opinions to rate the performance of each vendor on each criterion.
4. Construct a model reflecting the preferences of both of your decision makers.
5. Make a recommendation based on your scoring procedure. Calculate the score for the systems and show what EHR will be recommended. HOW
6. Describe the process and the results in a word document. Include the following topics:
   1. Title
   2. Description of consensus development process
   3. Individual models
      • Show the attributes and their levels
      • Show ratings of the levels
      • Show weights assigned. Record the questions you asked and the answers you received as well as the standardized weights you calculated.
   4. Consensus model
      • Describe the final set of attributes, attribute levels, ratings of attribute levels and weights for the attributes
   5. Recommended action
   6. Introspection
      • Comment on value of participatory vendor selection
      • Comment on value of quantification
      • Comment on value of conducting interviews before the general meeting.