Going Paper- Free-the Emr Way

By Author: Angela MArtin
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Healthcare organizations have dedicatedly tried to merge themselves with the technological advancements that are being made around. At present, the going paper-free and saving the environment is on the cards. The healthcare IT industry has taken in the mantra too seriously. The healthcare practitioners have started or may be atleast thought of converting from paper medical records to EMR - electronic medical records.

And now that ARRA has a dedicated $80 million grant streamlined for training professionals in EMR systems, this is getting bigger and vast every passing day.
Then there is a another $235 million new grants program announce by HHS which aims at building and strengthening of the existing HIT facilities who can don the leader caps.

With so much hype, most of the practitioners are trying to be at par with the system. But adopting and adapting are two different terms. It is easy to adopt going by the hype but what would make us adaptable to it would be its accessibility in terms of usage and advantage. So before jumping to conclusions it is always advisable to judge your needs and requirements and make a sound choice. For instance, if you have to get an EMR system , you must know about how that thing works. Some honest testimonies, for which you may have to be judgmental, would actually help you judge the product before you try.

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