
BOOK
Keys to EMR Success: Selecting and Implementing an Electronic Medical Record
MBA
$129.00
About this product:
This breakthrough book is for medical practices eager to minimize the costs, confusion and outright risks of choosing and implementing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
As a nationally recognized expert on practice-based computer systems, Ron Sterling has helped many medical practices evaluate whether an EMR investment makes sense (and for some practices, it doesn t!). From there, he helps them define requirements, choose the right system, get physician and staff buy-in, and take the system live as smoothly as possible. Now, in Keys to EMR Success, Sterling translates his experience into a step-by-step process any medical practice can follow with ease, from first considering an EMR, all the way through post-implementation training and updates. There is no question that the selection and implementation of an EMR is a bet-the-practice proposition. If you fail, you end up with more costs and greater frustration. On the other hand, few practices will be able to avoid implementing EMRs as these tools become necessary to meet patient expectations, payer quality requirements and pay-for-performance demands. Keys to EMR Success is particularly valuable because it explores more than just the technology considerations. From common care standards and disease management initiatives, to the HIPAA Transaction Set and Continuity of Care Record, Sterling offers bottom-line perspective on how current industry issues affect EMR decisions. For example, in looking at Pay for Performance, he points out how an EMR can help practices answer Medicare/Medicaid pay-for-performance initiatives and how payers like BlueCross/BlueShield in Pennsylvania awards pay-for-performance points to practices with an EMR. Another thing that s unique about this book is that medical practices aren t squeezed into a one size fits all approach. The system works for every practice, but in working through the system, each practice will be able to identify the right EMR for their unique practice. This saves money you don t buy features you don t need, but you don t overlook features you ll need down the road, either.
Selected Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Should I Invest in an EMR? Who should and shouldn t make the leap. Chapter 2: Evaluating an EMR Investment How to compare the system s cost to potential ROI in patient care, document management, compliance, and other key practice areas. Chapter 3: Your Practice Management System and an EMR Best practices for getting these systems to work together and with your practice management team. Chapter 4: Compiling a Practice-Focused Evaluation List How to define requirements and anticipate features you ll need in the future. Chapter 5: Selecting Products to Review Narrowing the field of 400 EMR products to find the best candidates for your practice. Chapter 6: Reviewing Products for Your Practice How to complete due diligence in two months, including what to look in demos. Chapter 7: Making a Final Decision Using a weighted score system ... and asking the right questions about server support, hardware specs, and other potential hidden costs. Chapter 8: Negotiating a Contract How to avoid tricky situations with warranties, termination clauses, upfront fees, and more. Chapter 9: Implementing an EMR. From clinical standards and policies, to data conversion and training: who does what, when. Chapter 10: Activating an EMR How to keep personnel and logistics issues from sabotaging your success with the EMR system. Chapter 11: Supporting an EMR Maintaining standards (e.g., clinical charting), motivating proficiency, training new employees, and regularly refreshing staff EMR skills. BONUS!...an EMR glossary and a list of vendors with company names, contact, certification status, and specialty orientation.