We are excited to introduce Choosing the Right EHR, a blog series on the many factors to consider when purchasing EHR software. The EHR market is changing rapidly: companies are appearing and disappearing, federal requirements are changing, and technology continues to evolve. Recommendations that were helpful five, three, or even one year ago no longer […]
Choosing the Right EHR: the only list you need to read Read More »
Until a few years ago, billing applications took advantage of doctors’ lack of familiarity with EHRs to sell “integrated solutions.” According to this marketing pitch, an EHR is better and more effective when it contains all of the functions needed in a clinic, including billing and other administrative task management. Although it sounds attractive at
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It is widely thought that because computers are machines, they are objective tools. Indeed, this is the perspective that leads many of our colleagues to unconditionally trust EHR software systems: unlike a human being, they think, the computer will make always make the right decision- we programmed it to do so. This viewpoint misses the
Technology is Far From Objective: Implications for the EMR/EHR Debate Read More »
