South County Internal Medicine, Inc.
Role:
Internist
City of Practice:
Wakefield
In Practice Since:
1989
Physicians in Practice:
7
EHR Solution:
Allscripts/Healthmatics
Date Implemented:
May, 1997
Average Patient Volume per Month:
500
What are the benefits you have realized from EHR Adoption?
Better documentation of the office visit, other correspondence with patients, family members, consultants, etc., integration of imaging, laboratory, hospital, and consultant data in a user friendly format, paperless office allows multi-user function of a chart, savings of filing and time required to pull records, e-prescribing, collection of clinical data for performance improvement, disease tracking, and evaluating the general health of the community some cost savings with efficiencies of speed, lack of filing, and lack of paper.
Better documentation of the office visit, other correspondence with patients, family members, consultants, etc., integration of imaging, laboratory, hospital, and consultant data in a user friendly format, paperless office allows multi-user function of a chart, savings of filing and time required to pull records, e-prescribing, collection of clinical data for performance improvement, disease tracking, and evaluating the general health of the community some cost savings with efficiencies of speed, lack of filing, and lack of paper.
What advice would you offer a physician planning to adopt an EHR?
Request on site demonstrations of vendor products. Choose an EHR that is customizable to your specialty. Require adequate hardware to speed memory function. Engage in meaningful software updates for the clinician. Adequately train staff and clinicians. Integrate the practice management software. You get what you pay for.
Request on site demonstrations of vendor products. Choose an EHR that is customizable to your specialty. Require adequate hardware to speed memory function. Engage in meaningful software updates for the clinician. Adequately train staff and clinicians. Integrate the practice management software. You get what you pay for.
What financial strategies did you use to pay for your EHR?
Out-of-Pocket.
Out-of-Pocket.