Electronic Health Records (EHR) are understood to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. However, according to a 2009 article published by the New England Journal of Medicine, surveying all acute care hospitals that are members of the American Hospital Association, less than 2% of 3,000 hospitals surveyed have full health information technology systems in place, while about 8% use a basic EHR in at least one care unit that includes physician or nurse notes (Article (10.1056/NEJMsa0900592) was published at NEJM.org, N Engl J Med 2009;360.). While the use of EHR is more prevalent in large physician groups in the USA, three-fourths of the nation’s doctors work in small practices of 10 physicians or fewer. The adoption of EHR among the small medical practices has been even lower. The primary deterrents being (A)significant start-up and maintenance costs of EHRs currently in the market (B)support and maintenance of systems and (C)need for customizations specific to individual medical centers’ clinical functions, combinations of functions, complex billing and reporting needs.

The main cost components for an EMR/EHR software system includes

(a)EMR software licensing,
(b)deployment and implementation,
(c)related hardware and software licensing
(d)ongoing support, maintenance and enhancements. There are several strategies that a medical practice should consider for lowering each of the four main cost components.

Typical approaches include

(a)using license free open-source software
(b)engaging remote implementation instead of onsite implementation where cost can be as low as 20% of onsite costs
(c)using solutions hosted in the cloud with all required data still available.

Note: Cloud computing hosted solutions for EMR deployment is HIPAA compliant and is Patient Record Privacy Secure. (d)engaging remote support with pay-for-service models for support and maintenance options.

NewCreationIT will work with small medical centers providing strategy and a roadmap for the most cost effective, customized medical practice management and EHR system. Since we use open-source software practices will have to only pay for the services involved in customization and deployment. There are no ongoing licensing fees, etc.

NewCreationIT will provide support and maintenance of systems with no burden placed on the medical centers. NewCreationIT will also ensure ongoing compliance to regulatory requirements as policies and standards are established.

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