How To Buy The Right EMR Software For Your Practice
Implementing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software in your office can be one of the most beneficial things you can do for your practices success. Unfortunately, buying the wrong EMR can be disastrous. To buy the right EMR you need to be able to see past the smoke and mirrors. Relying solely on your EMR vendor to make the right hardware & implementation recommendations can be a big mistake. Here are some tips you can use to help ensure a successful EMR implementation.
Set realistic goals. What do you wish to gain out of an EMR? Many offices purchase an EMR in hopes that it will provide them with all the benefits that were promised to them automatically. EMR can help you reduce your number of staff, reduce your expenses, reduce medical errors and reduce documentation time. To realize all these benefits you need to set milestones and implement the right plan.
Perform a cost-benefit analysis. All offices work differently and have different inefficiencies. Its important to have realistic expectations of what type of Return on Investment (ROI) can be expected. Its important to look into these items...