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Do You Make These Mistakes And Run Behind?

July 13, 2009
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I’ve alluded to this in a past post: it’s not easy outlining the fatal features that will sink an EHR implementation.
Most EHR vendors prefer to focus on the success stories, the “best practices” of their star performers, and rightly so. “Never repeat a mistake,” my French teacher used to tell me (if “mademoiselle” isn’t pronounced [...]

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The EHR “F” Word That Nobody Wants To Talk About

May 17, 2009
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Actually, pretty much everybody who’s been on EHR for a while talks about it. Sometimes loudly, to anyone who will listen.

F-R-A-U-D.
As in, “Your documentation says you did that, but you didn’t really.”
Did you?

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EMR 101, Part 3: Abstract & Delegate

March 8, 2009
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Closing thoughts on basic EMR proficiency: how to abstract key information and delegate workflow, to keep frustration to a minimum.

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EMR 101, Part 2: The 80/20 Rule

March 6, 2009
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Part 2 of a 3 part series on EMR’s, on the key principles of Stage 1 EMR proficiency. The 80/20 Rule, or The Pareto Principle, can save you gobs of time, with just a few changes.

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EMR 101: How To Get Good, Fast

February 28, 2009
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As promised, what follows is a working approach to Getting Good With Your EMR.
It’s informed by something over 30,000 patient contacts, and observations of what has worked and hasn’t over many implementations, many practices, and a handful of enterprises.
If you’re not quite sure what that all means, it translates thusly:
Been there, done that, moved on, [...]

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