EMR Mythbusters
Date: May 3, 2010
Will "EMR" spell financial disaster for my practice? Will it destroy relationships with my patients? The industry is amuck with rumors about EMR systems and their relationship to your practice. Two technology gurus and practicing physicians dispel these and other common EMR rumors to arm you with valuable information before you make the transition to a paperless (or, at least, less-papered) office.
Gregg Alexander, DO, and Andy Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP
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Bios: Dr. Alexander is a pediatrician in private practice in London, Ohio. He built, perhaps, the most technologically advanced rural pediatric office in 2003 and now serves as the Director for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ “Office of the Future” annual exhibit during their National Conference and Exhibition. From his “grunt in the trenches” perspective, he regularly writes for both HIStalkPractice.com as well as ModernMedicine.com. As an admitted lifelong geek, he advocates for “intelligent healthcare information integration.”
Dr. Spooner is Chief Medical Information Officer at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He practices general pediatrics (and uses an EMR) in the inpatient setting currently, but has practiced in primary care, acute care, and nursery environments as well, and has used information technology in each. He trained in medical informatics in the early days of electronic medical records, and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics' efforts to make these systems work well for child health care.