EMR MIGRATION – The MDnetwork approach…

The healthcare environment is moving fast: Every vendor is either adapting their existing products and services or selling new ones; the federal government has seeded more than 100 RHIOs (Regional Health Information Organizations) and is pushing the EHR (electronic health record) initiative; the paperless office seems finally in reach…or not.

The risks are high.

Choose the wrong vendor, the wrong technology, or even the wrong hardware device and your investment and your painful migration could lead you down the wrong path. Do nothing and you risk being left behind and putting your practice at an economic disadvantage.

FINALLY, an approach that makes sense…
 Leverage your existing systems and workflow
 Utilize key EMR components and advantages without risk
 Don’t over-commit or over-buy for where your practice (and community) is today
 Leave all your options open to use the technology of tomorrow


Say NO:
 To large capital investments
 To the risk of selecting the wrong vendor
 To long and painful deployment costs and risks
 To expensive maintenance contracts, training, and new in-house skill set requirements
 To the risk of committing to the wrong technology, hardware or software
 To long and uncertain timetables to achieve hoped-for returns on investment

Say YES:
 To immediate availability of important EMR advantages. Don’t pay for any feature you don’t use today, but gain access to all the latest technology for tomorrow.
 To leveraging your current investment in practice management software, training, etc.
 To minimizing changes to physician’s existing workflow and practice habits
 To customizing solutions to your practice and individual providers rather than the other way around.
 To working with your current business partners and having more choice and leverage
 To benefiting your referring physician base rather than risk leaving them behind
 To immediately reducing current expenses (i.e. transcription)
 To immediately enhancing reimbursements while lowering audit risks and liability.
 To improving workflow to reduce staffing (and staffing burdens).
 To improving access to records and reducing chart pulls.
 To protecting your EMR migration options for the future.