Electronic Medical Records A Practical Guide for Primary Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Skolnik, Neil S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Physician adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) has become a national priority. It is said that EMRs have the potential to greatly improve patient care, to provide the data needed for more effective population management and quality assurance of both an individual practice’s patients as well...

Table of Contents:

• Background and State of the Art
• Primary Care Perspectives – Interviews and Stories of Success and Disappointment
• Choosing an EMR
• Pre-Implementation Planning
• Implementation
• Maintenance and Optimization
• A View from the Top – Lessons from Leaders of Industry.