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What do you need when you decide that you’re
interested in acquiring an EHR?

You’ve been using paper for years. Now it’s time for a change.  You’ve decided that you’ll be using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) or Electronic  Medical Record (EMR) within the next 12 months.   You realize that you need the software, but what other issues do you need to address?  Certainly you can think of a few items, such as hardware and cables.  Let’s see if we can review a more exhaustive list of items which need to be considered.  Of course not every issue needs to be addressed in every installation, but we encourage you to at least consider each item in this rather lengthy list.

  1. Education
    1. Methods of learning about the EHR industry.
      1. Websites
        1. AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology
        2. AMIA - American Medical Inforatiics Association
        3. HIMSS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
        4. AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association
        5. CCHIT - Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
        6. TEPR - Towards the Electronic Patient Record
        7. EMRUpdate
        8. EMRConsultant
        9. EHR Scope
      2. Organizations
        1. QIOs - Quality Improvement Organizations
        2. AC Group
        3. KLAS
        4. MS-HUG - Microsoft Healthcare Users Group
    1. Workflow Analysis
    2. Governmental Initiatives
  1. Software
    1. EHR/EMR
      1. Base Module
    1. Interconnectivity
        1. To Labs
        2. To Radiology
        3. To Pharmacy
        4. To Hospital
    1. Voice Recogntion
      1. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
      2. Input devices
        1. Wired
          1. Standard Microphone
          2. Dictaphone PowerMike
          3. Philips SpeechMic
        2. Wireless Headset
    1. Operating System
    2. MS Office or other
    3. Database
    4. Virus Protection
    5. Firewall
  1. Hardware
    1. Servers
    2. Network
      1. Router
      2. Cables
      3. Switches
      4. Wireless Access Points
    1. Desktop Workstations
    2. Flat Panel Monitors
    3. Laptops
    4. Tablets
    5. PDAs
    6. Scanners
    7. Printers
    8. Storage and Back-up
    9. Shredders
    10. Medical Diagnostic and treatment items interconnected to EHR
  1. Services
    1. Training
    2. Data Conversion
    3. Off-Site data backup
  2. Financial
    1. Billing
      1. On-site
      2. Off-site
    1. Financing
    2. Leasing
  1. Miscellaneous
    1. Internet Connection
    2. Telephony
      1. Auto-dialers
    1. Office Environment Changes
      1. New furniture
      2. Electrical system
    1. Warranties
    2. Negotiating Attorneys
    3. Financial Background analysis
      1. Sales Genie
      2. Dun and Bradstreet
      3. Hoovers
      4. Public disclosures
      5. Press Releases
      6. Other
    1. Configuration
    2. A/R factoring (to pay for EHR)