HIStalk Calendar

Best Practices, Mistakes and Pitfalls in your EMR/EHR Journey' : A Vendor-Independent, Physician/Practice-Focused, Tech+Biz Seminar Seminar Outline: 1. EMR Basics: What is EMR and what it is not – Responsibilities of the Physicians – Regulatory requirements ; Governmental Incentives 2. EMR Strategy:Practice Development Plan – EMR feature list – Vendor selection criteria 3. Understanding EMR certifications: Strengths and limitations of CCHIT and other industry standards 4. Other EMR models: Open Source EMR’s, web-based EMR's; 'Free' EMR's 5. Timing the EMR project: Affiliated hospital connectivity 6. Selecting the EMR product and vendor (Or if one was selected for you): factors to consider 7. Post-selection Implementation: Install, Launch and Support; Testing and validation – Long term support – Flexibility and interoperability 8. When to hire experts; and what to expect. Cost of this seminar is $195.00 per attendee. EMR products from a few vendors (such as NextGen, AllScripts, eClinicalWorks, GE Centricity, Meditech and others) will get a very quick review, due to limited time available.