Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Solo-Provider Practice and Rural Clinic Make the Switch From Paper Medical Records to EHR

"Studies show that office-based medical practices are migrating to electronic health record (EHR) systems in record numbers. Practices foregoing paper medical records for EHRs are motivated by ARRA incentives and increased pressure from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

In 2011, with a $50,000 grant through the Colorado Rural Health Center Care Grant Program in hand, [Eastern Plains Medical Clinic was] ready to make the change from paper to EHR. “We worked with Angela Marino from Colorado Rural Health Center – she came out and did a site analysis to make sure we were prepared to go with EHR, what areas we needed to look at, how workflow was going to change and which policies and procedures we needed,” said Wilson..."  Click here to read more.  [Source: CORHIO]

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