One of the main complaints of using electronic health records (EHR)s is they make delivery of health care less productive. In a survey of primary care physicians from Medical Economics, one-third said the greatest challenge of an EHR was the …
Examining, treating and caring for patients can become more involved with the increase in time-consuming detractors such as ICD-10 implementation, meaningful use requirements, and changing reimbursement, just to name a few. Most, if not all, people don’t become doctors to …
There have been multiple studies, articles, and blogs written concluding there is an increased inefficiency when physicians, hospitals or offices are converted to electronic records. Multiple surveys ask the question: “How has the EHR affected the number of patients you …
There’s a happy ending to this story, but it’s a good one to learn from others mistakes. It’s from a computer company not a medical practice but still the lessons apply aptly. And there’s more than one lesson: read, learn …
Multi-Step Training Increases the Value of Your EHR System. “Set it and forget it,” the “Ultima Thule” of workflows. It reminds me of a coffee mug my offspring bought me for Father’s Day years back. One side of the mug …