Fast Track

The pressure to adopt systems of electronic record-keeping comes from government, insurers, and the marketplace

Benefits of EMR include better and faster documentation, support of clinical decisions, and direct access to patients via the Web

It’s imperative at the outset of planning to probe the effect that fundamental change will have on all staff members—including any threat EMR pose

A TabletPC is a valuable hardware option for clinical staff because of its portability, versatility, and unobtrusiveness

Ask vendors for a demonstration of their EMR system that emphasizes high-frequency daily tasks of your staff