If you’re still apprehensive about committing to an EMR system, Healthcare IT News had a recent article called “10 Technologies to Embrace Before EMRs.” They list:

1. Electronic prescribing
2. Email
3. Microsoft Office 365 and/or Google apps
4. Clinical groupware
5. Patient registry and CCR bulletin board
6. Document imaging
7. Clinical content repository (CMS)
8. Electronic lab reporting
9. Electronic transcribing
10. Speech recognition

Although these don’t purport to be presented in any particular order, we found it interesting that e-prescribing is listed first. Since Michigan doctors are already prolific users of electronic prescriptions, you might be familiar with this technology already.

And the second item is email, which almost everyone uses these days.

The rest might be slightly less familiar, but, rest assured, with the right direction, none of these are particularly difficult to use.

The article does a good job of explaining each of these, but if you need assistance understanding what these are – or are ready to integrate more technology into your medical practice – just give us a call at 810-355-2280, or see our contact page.