by Karen van Wagner and Michael R. Solomon
This article was published in Healthcare Informatics in August of 2010.
North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP), an independent practice association based in Forth Worth, has been working with healthcare organizations across North Texas to build an HIE known as SandlotConnect. NTSP Executive Director Karen Van Wagner, Ph.D. lays out four key strategies that appear to have been successful in winning broad and sustained acceptance by clinicians.
The unspoken truth about electronic medical records (EMRs) has finally been exposed. A recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Studying Health System Change concludes that implementing an EMR system within a medical group is inherently limited in enabling quality improvement through better coordination of care. This research, sponsored by the New York-based Commonwealth Fund, determined a vital need for clinicians to redesign their practices to streamline the exchange of health information across organizations involved in the patient care continuum. Read more
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