More Money, More Time, and More Control for Medical Provider
Only a small fraction of physicians in the U.S. fully use an electronic health record. Barriers to adoption include costs for setup and maintenance, disruption to physician productivity, and insufficient financial or clinical benefits. But HITECH Act incentives, technological progress, and consumer demand are overcoming resistance. In fact, tens-of-thousands of medical providers have registered for EHR incentives certain to be able to show Meaningful Use.
The process of vetting and implementing an EHR is challenging for any medical group.But the right EHR can help get your practice more money, more time, and more control — enabling you to focus on patient care.
Transforming Your Practice
The concerns over apparent risks are well-founded. The 2010 Physician Sentiment IndexSM, found that while doctors’ opinion of EHRs is highly favorable, current solutions are seen as too costly and too likely to compromise physician time and patient care:
Only 51% of physicians feel that EHRs are designed with them in mind
54% strongly agree/agree that EHRs slow down the doctor during patient exams
60% strongly agree/agree that EHRs distract from face-to-face interaction with patients
81% expressed a very favorable/somewhat favorable opinion of EHRs In the NEJM study, an overwhelming majority of physicians said that using electronic records improved the quality of clinical decisions, helped to avoid medication errors, and improved the delivery of preventative care.
8 Tips for Successful EHR adoption
The right planning includes four major steps: Assessment and goal-setting, creating a budget and project team, managing change, and redesigning practice workflow. A critical component is to find the right EMR vendor and IT support firm — one that provides excellent service over the long term, and offers an integrated solution with a proven return on investment (ROI).\
- Assess practice readiness
- Establish budget and project team
- Manage change
- Redesign workflow
- Choose an IT / EHR partner, not a product
- Consider a network-based service (not software-based)
- Ensure long-term readiness to adapt to changing reimbursement environment
- Choose a well-established certified PMS A EHR implementation does require careful research, planning, time, resources and commitment.
Choosing the right partners can help you a long way to success. Computer Systems Support & Design, LLC based in Fairfield County helps medical provider offices get the most out of their IT infratstructure and supports them in implementing and maintaining their systems. We are vendor-neutral.
Want to learn more quickly? Call me on my Cellphone (203) 216-9902.
