Trending: Electronic Health Records System Replacements Increasing

HUTCHINSON, Kan. & POWAY, Calif. - Dec. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- In an industry rife with regulation, evolving delivery models, continual education requirements and uncertain revenue flows, doctors have much to choose from when citing their major source of frustration. However, for a couple years now, the noise clinicians make about EHR systems and data collection requirements has reached a crescendo. From bloggers like KevinMD.com to traditional publications like Forbes magazine, you can find numerous articles all pointing out the woes associated with digital health technology and, specifically with Electronic Health Records systems that are:

·         difficult to use

·         failing to match clinical workflows

·         impeding, rather than facilitating, data sharing

·         infringing on doctor/patient relationships

·         failing to produce the promised, easy answer to really meaningful data reporting

·         adding costs to the practice, but not as much cost as penalties for not using EHR

Recently physicians, medical groups and even enlightened congressional members have called for a halt to the advancing data requirements so that a better roadmap can be developed.

A 2014 survey by American EHR reported more than half of physicians as unhappy with their EHR technology. Systems dating to the 1980’s are still in use at a number of practices. Even with compliance updates, these systems are built on old technology that diminishes their power in today’s environment. The result is medical practices are taking a new look to determine what technology will carry them through the newest, still developing, changes in healthcare delivery.

No doubt, this time doctors and their teams will make more educated decisions about the solutions they choose. Clinician teams now have experience of the purchase process and technology use. However, replacing a legacy system will bring new challenges to the process of purchasing and implementing a replacement. Practices must consider:

·         What to do about existing data

·         What it really takes to improve adoption and satisfaction

·         How to transition to a new system

·         The real cost of technology as opposed to the initial implementation or base charges

In this new white paper, Winning the EHR Replacement Game: Success Strategies for Better Satisfaction, the authors help doctors develop a replacement process that will help.