Realizing The Promise: How to Maximize the Benefits of Electronic Records in Your Practice

 
In this era of increasing overhead costs and shrinking reimbursements, more and more practice owners are looking to EHRs to increase the productivity and efficiency of their practices. However, as so many practice owners have recently learned, there’s a big difference between simply purchasing a system and gaining real benefits from the technology.

While there are many resources available to help you select the right EHR system for your practice, and many options for technical training and support, study after study confirms that these are not enough. A successful EHR implementation requires something more.

Thanks to thousands of hours spent by researchers studying practices of virtually every size and every specialty, we now know that how you go about introducing, planning, and leading the implementation of an EHR system in your practice makes a big difference in the results you ultimately get.

We know the factors associated with successful implementations and the factors that get in the way.

Unfortunately, this information doesn’t come in any software program’s “owner’s manual” and has been largely unavailable to the practitioner… until now.

“It’s funny. There have been so many failures in trying to computerize physician practices and hospitals over the past 20 years. You’d think people would have broken the code by now on why that is happening. While the first systems weren’t particularly intuitive and useful to clinicians, it’s not software or hardware that has caused most of the failures to get value from technology investments – it’s people!

As this wonderfully astute book says:
‘If your staff members aren’t willing to change their habits, if they aren’t willing to adapt practice workflows to get greater benefits from the technology, and if they actively or passively resist using the technology, even the most ideal system for your practice will never deliver on its potential.’

Don’t make the transition to an electronic records system in your practice without this book. It will save you money, save your staff considerable grief, and increase the value and ‘meaningful use’ you get from the technology.”

David E. Garets
Former President & CEO HIMSS Analytics
& Executive Vice President, HIMSS

Realizing The Promise brings you the benefits of current research in healthcare informatics – and details a 7-Step System for increasing the speed and success of your EHR implementation.

Whether you have a solo practice or a large group, these proven strategies will help you boost the productivity of your practice and get a higher return, more rapidly, on your technology investment.