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EHR: What’s in it For Me? A Physician’s Perspective

EHR: What’s in it For Me? A Physician’s Perspective. By Robert L. Elk, MD, MMM Chief Medical Officer Adelante Healthcare. EHR: What’s in it For Me?. Experience Worked in two community health center organizations with electronic health records (EHRs) over past 11 years

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EHR: What’s in it For Me? A Physician’s Perspective

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  1. EHR: What’s in it For Me?A Physician’s Perspective By Robert L. Elk, MD, MMM Chief Medical Officer Adelante Healthcare

  2. EHR: What’s in it For Me? Experience • Worked in two community health center organizations with electronic health records (EHRs) over past 11 years • Worked with three different EHRs • Cliniflow • Vista • NextGen • Moved from paper to one EHR to second EHR to paper to third EHR and then back to second EHR

  3. EHR: What’s in it For Me? Why do I like using EHR? • Readable • Available everywhere with internet connection • Assistance with billing and coding • Data & reporting • Quality metrics • Coding patterns • Patient process and flow • Population management

  4. EHR: What’s in it For Me? • Time saving tools • Individual phrases for repetitive documentation • eRx • Saved history & exam templates • Patient portal • Education • Medical information • Diagnostic results • Appointments

  5. EHR: What’s in it For Me? • Quality tools • Decision support • Allergies • Alerts • Drug interactions • Patient summaries for each visit • Lab and diagnostic interfaces • Metric data by populations, provider, health center, etc.

  6. EHR: What’s in it For Me? Summary • EHRs are indispensable to: • Providers • Patients • Organizations • Improving quality

  7. EHR: What’s in it For Me? Contact Information Robert L. Elk, MD, MMM Chief Medical Officer Adelante Healthcare relk@adelantehealthcare.com 623-583-3001 ext 1206

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