PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
A “painful process” EHR adoption tough but worth it
Austin colorectal surgeon David Fleeger, MD, says the time and money his subspecialty practice poured into implementing an electronic health record system was worth it in the long run.
“The contract is
negotiable, and so is the price. Physicians don’t have to pay the sticker price.”
BY CRYSTAL ZUZEK Selecting and implementing the right electronic health record (EHR) system is no walk in the park. It requires due diligence by physicians, buy-in by all practitioners and staff, commitment to training, and willingness to start from scratch and learn a new way of documentation.
While many practices successfully implement EHRs, some fail to get a system off
the ground. In fact, marketing research firm Black Book Rankings’ annual poll of nearly 17,000 active EHR users reveals that up to 17 percent of health care profes- sionals plan to change their EHR platforms by the end of this year. The survey reports
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BRETT BUCHANAN
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