Newsletter Articles | August 1, 2012
The EHR Conundrum: To Invest Or Not To Invest?
The EHR Conundrum: To Invest Or Not To Invest?
Increased physician productivity, patient satisfaction and expedient access to patient information. Isn’t that what the EHR system promised to deliver? And we have to ask - how’s that working for you?
In the midst of the technological revolution, the medical field is still adapting. It seems the will to centralize medical records in electronic form exists. However, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics estimates only a small fraction of the 43% of office-based physicians using an electronic health record (EHR) in 2009 implemented fully functional systems - engaging . . .