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34 Healthcare IT News May 2008 ■ clinical toolkit www.HealthcareITNews.com Ambulatory EHRs EHR choice: Rollout or ‘big bang’? health records (EHRs) in offices with more than 100 physicians is a complex process, said Jared Peterson, vice president of operations for KLAS Enterprises. First, physician groups need to determine whether to go with a vendor that provides both practice management and EHR solutions for seamless access to patient data or a vendor that integrates applications via interfaces. As for the actual implementation, Peterson said physician groups would do well to avoid the “big bang” method and instead do rollouts. Replicating the implementation process in clusters allows for a more successful project because both vendor and office can monitor and adjust the different pieces of functionality going forward. The photos here illustrate a room of documents before and after implementation of electronic health records. The inset at the top shows the room stuffed with paper files. p r o d u c t s p ot l ig h t i By PaTTy Enrado, Contributing Editor MPLEMENTATION of ambulatory electronic more information at healthcareitnews.com recent news ➔ Allscripts-Misys merger means short-term pain, long-term gain ➔ MediNotes, Akamai to provide EHRs to Hawaii docs ➔ CCHIT invitation ➔ EHR to connect independent docs ➔ Allscripts buys ECIN for $90M ➔ NextGen in Vendor Notebook ➔ Docs need EHRs, but don’t count on ROI ➔ EHR adoption an “ugly process,” but CCHIT can improve appeal ➔ EHR vendors focused on interoperability ➔ Docs to get ambulatory EHRs from Catholic health system resource central ➔ Datamonitor Market Focus Report: Understanding the Industry Drivers for Electronic Health Records ➔ HIMSS Analytics Market Overview Report: Market Opportunities in Ambulatory Software Applications three trends to watch Jared Peterson, vice president of operations for KLAS Enterprises, names three EHR market drivers: 1. one solution: Vendors are positioning themselves to offer complete practice management and electronic medical record solutions. 2. small practices: Large hospitals and IPAs are rolling out EMR functionality to smaller practices as a business strategy. 3. getting serious: Since the advent of changes in the Stark Law, providers are moving from the conversation stage to the investigation and plan development stage. positioned to offer one solution AllscRipts touchworks ehr The award-winning TouchWorks EHR radically simplifies the art, science and process of caring for patients. It features deliver rapid physician utilization and ROI by making the practice of medicine more seamless, less demanding and more rewarding for physicians. Contact: Barb Gonzales, 720.381.0859, Barb.gonzales@ allscripts.com Features: cERNER to large physician group practices and clinics that are employed by a hospital. Contact: Sales, 816.201.0054 EcliNicAlWoRks eclinicalworks emr/pm Features: A unified EMR/PM system, Patient Portal and Electronic Health eXchange to physician offices of all sizes and specialties, hospital networks, independent physician associations and departments of health. Contact: Sales dept., 866.888.MYCW sales@eclinicalworks.com Epic systEms for large physician groups, combining cutting edge features for documentation, orders and other workflows with an intuitive design that is easy for physicians to learn and use at the point of care. Contact: Epic Information, 608.271.9000, Info@epicsystems. com GE HEAltHcARE centricity electronic medical record (emr) Features: Centricity EMR is a physician use of ehrs Physician use defined as physicians using ALL four modules at or above 75 percent. 65% 58% 57% 86% 73%75% Percent of contacted physicians live Physician use above 75 percent Physician use at 100 percent cerner millenium powerchart office Features: A unified solution that bridges the gap between ambulatory and acute settings for medium epiccare ambulatory emr Features: EpicCare is the industry’s proven ambulatory system providing a rapid return on investment. Centricity EMR is relied upon by more than 30,000 clinicians nationwide, in practices of all sizes and specialties. Contact: Jay Fisher, 800.645.0985, amBulaTory see page 35 most successful ambulatory EMR 63% 45% 37% 43% 38% 44% 39% 28% 28%28% USER REVIEwS 59% 59% 53% “we implemented NextGen EMR in 1999 and have since achieved remarkable business objectives, including expansion from 12 to 130 providers, improved business intelligence, increased reimbursement and enhanced workflow. Gregory Spencer, MD, partner, Crystal Run Healthcare “Touchworks made our entire system faster, not just faster in moving data but faster because physicians have everything they need to take care of patients in one screen.” Praveen Toteja, director of IT, George Washington Medical Faculty Associates “Practice Partner has enabled our providers to make dramatic improvements in patient care. Look for spending less time in your practice than before implementation after about 6 months.” Susan Andrews, MD, Family Practice Partners “Centricity EMR offered us the right balance between structure and flexibility. we were able to meet our physician expectations while collecting structured data for quality reporting and process improvement.” Simeon Schwartz, president, Westchester Medical Group rEvIEws see page 35 6% 6% Overall Allscripts Cerner Epic GE Misys NextGen e l Connect: GRApHs 0508 SOURCE: KLAS-AMUBLATORY EMR PRACTICES OvER 100 PHYSICIAnS, AUGUST 2007 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://healthcareitnews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9210

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