Incorporating HIT into Physician Practices

Dr. Eugenia Marcus shared her thoughts on health IT in physician practices in the August edition of our eNewsletter. Dr. Marcus has been a practicing pediatrician for more than 30 years. She is chair of the information Technology Committee for Massachusetts Medical Society, vice-chair of the Council on Clinical Information Technology of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and co-chair of the Child Health workgroup of CCHIT.

From the interview:

We installed an EMR in our office in 1996. Because of the installation, our office runs efficiently and we are improving our operations regularly with the increasing features of the EMR. We have less staffing. We can access the EMR from anywhere. No more lost charts. School and camp forms are generated at the click of a button.

Share you thoughts/questions/experiences on physician EMR/EHR implementations.

[read the full interview here]