Top 7 Things to Consider when Investing in EHR Technology

30 December 2016

A decision to purchase any type of goods or services comes down to price and value. When it comes to selecting productive EHR technology, value always supersedes price in terms of ROI.

When the federal government began giving away money for meaningful use back in 2009 the market reacted by adding over 500 new EHR companies in the EHR market. In order to get the attention of potential physician buyers, many of these companies offered EHR software at little to no cost. Unfortunately many physicians fell for this “free” or “low cost” technology only to experience technology that cost the physician tens of thousands of dollars in lost time and revenue.

The 2nd and 3rd time EHR buyer changed their focus from price to value and overall time savings. That being said, the EHR investment must make sense financially and be justified with a solid return on investment for the clinic.

The top 7 essential items to consider when investing in EHR technology include the following:

  1. A productive EHR should be easy to implement with minimal upstart time
  2. A productive EHR should allow a clinic to see more patients in the same amount of time
  3. A productive EHR should allow the physician, PA, NP, PT, RN, MA, etc. to document patient care real-time in the exam room
  4. A productive EHR should automate the collection of the patient’s health history and eliminate clip-boards being handed to patients
  5. A productive EHR should allow the provider to go home after the last patient is seen (no staying late to catch up on electronic charting)
  6. A productive EHR should include a smart phone app that gives the physician, PA, NP, PT, RN 24/7 access to patient health data
  7. A productive EHR should be extremely easy to customize and engineered to be used exclusively with touchscreen technology

As the leading U.S. provider of high performance EHR and Practice Management Software solutions, MD Logic is engineered to maximize the efficiency of healthcare providers. Founded in 1995, MD Logic offers the most productive and efficient EHR software in the industry. With installations from coast to coast and internationally, MD Logic is the “gold” standard of the EHR industry.

To learn how your clinic can increase efficiency, reduce overhead, maximize profitability please contact our corporate office at 800-273-7750.