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COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group
BOSTON -- To successfully implement an electronic health record system, set clear and specific goals and involve your clinical and administrative staff in all of the planning, Jerome H. Carter, M.D., said at a congress sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association.
"You have to plan," said Dr. Carter, chief executive officer of NT&M Informatics, Inc., Atlanta, and the editor of "Electronic Medical Records: A Guide for Clinicians and Administrators," published by the American College of Physicians.
As many as half of complex software implementations fail, Dr. Carter said, and usually for the same reasons: vague objectives,...
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