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Assess your needs: ten questions to ask before buying an electronic medical record system.(Practice Trends)
WASHINGTON -- Carefully assess your needs before you select an electronic medical record system, Dr. Jijo James said at the annual National Managed Health Care Congress.
"We've been talking about EMRs for 15 years now in various shapes and forms," said Dr. James, president and CEO of the technology consulting firm PGMS. "But we haven't seen the penetration in the market yet."
An increasing number of practices are adopting EMRs and the $526-million-a-year industry is growing at about 8% annually, Dr. James said. Approximately 15%-22% of practices have adopted EMRs, but the percentage of individual physicians who actually use the systems is lower.
When it comes to adopting an EMR, there's a range of attitudes among physicians, according to Dr. James. Some say that they don't even want to think about it, while others say that it doesn't fit into their workflow.
On the other side of the spectrum are physicians who want to use an EMR system but say that they are not computer savvy, and those who are seeking a system with all the bells and whistles.
But for physicians who are interested in investing in an EMR, Dr. James said, the key is to ask the right questions:
1. What are the options? You can choose to go paperless in a day or to automate records in stages based on practice needs and vendor experience.
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