With the transition from paper make sure you don’t lose the one asset of paper – the ability to draw on diagrams and save them to the patient’s chart.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems do a great job of capturing words as reportable data and ensuring chart notes are legible.  But as the saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words”. 

EHR Features – Is the EHR layout intuitive?

Another in our series of EHR features to look for when selecting an EHR that will truly work for you and your staff.

EHR Features – Who and when can you call for Support?

“Peggy” in Siberia is funny when it’s a commercial about credit cards but when you’re with a patient and told to call back during regular business hours, it won’t be funny at all.

This is the second in a weekly series on EHR features.  This week we examine the importance of accessibility and speed when it comes to making an EHR Easy to use.

This is the first in a weekly series on EHR features  - things to look for that will make your life as a provider easier and/or help you to improve patient care.

Today’s Wall Street Journal article titled Shopping Secrets of the Pros applies to buying an EHR as much as it does clothes.

Cloud EHR is becoming very popular.  What is Cloud EHR and how does it differ from SaaS and ASP EHR?

“Make it easy for your customers to talk to you.” – Kevin Stirtz

That is such a simple statement.  But how often does a company make it easy for you to talk with them?  And when you’re in the middle of a patient’s chart and have a question, how important is it to talk with someone right away?  In this last part of the series on the cost of “free” EHR we examine customer service and support.

“Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.” – Paxton Hood

In part 1 of our Blog series on The Cost of Free EHR we examined the use of your data by “free” EHR vendors and in part 2 (link) your risk and liability for the use of such systems.  In addition to selling your data, many “free” EHRs are only free if you use the version that includes advertising.

Again, to find out you need read (yeah, really read!) the user agreement for one of the “free” EHRs.  You are likely to find contract terms such as:

“If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees” – Kahlil Gibran

In part 1 of our Blog series on The Cost of Free EHR we examined the use of your data by “free” EHR vendors.  If you agree to the EHR vendor’s use of your data in exchange for a “free” system, what is their liability for errors and/or disclosure?  What are your responsibilities?

Again, to find out you need read (yeah, really read!) the user agreement for one of the “free” EHRs.  You are likely to find contract terms such as: