Transition to Electronic Medical Records: try gradual transition starting with fax server

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Many ophthalmologists resist switching to an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) because they dread the much hyped slow-down in patient flow by 25-33%. First, we need to qualify this statistic and should discuss the difference between a sudden transition and a more gradual approach.Read More

Office brought to halt from power failure and thought I was prepared

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Today in the operating room, my laptop stopped communicating with my Electronic Medical Record. There I was without access to my patient records to enter a chart note for the surgery I just performed and review my office notes for the next patient. After restarting the EMR program and still not able to find the server, I realized that my server is down. No answer when I called the office because the phones were off-line, but my Office Manager sends me a text message: "Do you have a power failure there too?"

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