The importance of EMR solutions in today’s hi-tech environment can not be denied. It is believed by industry experts that he who denies the adoption of newer technology has to pay for it in terms of excessive time consumption, poor productivity and unreasonable ROI. It is also believed that if a right EMR solution is chosen and implemented, it will not only benefit doctors but to the patients as well to a great extent.
The process of choosing a right EMR solution starts with documenting the current office work flow that supports the patient encounter. This is a tedious, iterative and time consuming process that is critical to the success of any electronic medical records implementation. Document exactly what happens when a patients sees a doctor. What forms do they fill out? What happens to those forms? Are they sent to other departments? What systems is data entered into? Who are the people involved and what do they do to move the process forward? Every detail, process, form, system, technology and person involved in the process has to be properly documented to fully understand the work flow of a patient encounter. This process involves many iterations and every person that is involved in the process before a complete understanding is gained.
Once the work flow is documented, a list of vendors needs to be prepared who provide with the certified EMR solutions. On preparing the list, the requirements of the practice must be compared with the features of the respective electronic medical records solution. The factors also need to be considered such as reviews about shortlisted vendors, pricing, long term support and so on.
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