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Despite the arguments of paper purists, switching over to an EHR is not only more efficient for your practice, but it assuages age-old conflicts associated with ill-famed physician penmanship.

Even the federal government agrees the quill-and-scroll age is nearly over. With the 2015 EHR conversion deadline looming, practices need to keep Meaningful Use compliance and its reward monies in mind, so choosing the right EHR has become a time-sensitive manner.

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In a Fast Company feature titled “Designers Are The New Drivers Of American Entrepreneurialism” last year, Bruce Nussbaum wrote the “growing desire among designers to bring their user focus, strategic vision, iterative methodologies, and propositional thinking […] promises to be transformative and explosive.”

Of course, those in the healthcare technology field know designers play an integral role in EHR usability. However, while ‘usability’ is an oft-used conversational buzzword, its definition – and who gets to decide it – is often a contentious area.

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Implementing an EHR for your practice results in Ibuprofen abuse without proper planning. However, ensuring your practice is prepared is often cumbersome, and online research can lead to dead-ends and roundabout explanations.

How do you plan for EHR implementation? How do you prepare your practice? Below is a list of four questions to ask yourself before implementing your new EHR.

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Once you’ve deployed an EHR system in your practice, your next step will be getting connected with other providers. Engaging in health information exchange (HIE) is a tenet of meaningful use and an extremely valuable utilization of EHR technology.

Whether you’re joining a statewide HIE network or a regional health information organization (RHIO), you’ll be communicating the transition to your patients, who must be notified of the change in accordance with state laws.

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Patricia Galvin was the subject of a Wall Street Journal story five years ago detailing her medical records horror story.

Galvin began psychotherapy at Stanford Hospital & Clinics in San Francisco to cope with her fiancé’s suicide. Following a serious car accident, she was denied disability compensation for severe chronic back pain on the basis of her therapist’s notes.

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Physicians are perennial students, so staying up to date on emerging healthcare technologies and cutting edge gadgets is second nature. Thus, it’s no surprise that a Manhattan Research study found 75% of doctors own a mobile Apple device, and nearly a fourth of them are utilizing iPads as we speak.

While doctors may already be using the iPad for tee time reminders and wrapping up Umberto Eco’s latest effort, how would the tablet affect patient-doctor interaction during a routine consultation?

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