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Nt1330 Unit 2

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The number one thing I would look for in an EHR vendor’s product would be that it meets the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) EHR incentives program of meaningful use and has been certified by the ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). This will ensure that the EHR program meets the core functions established by the IOM (Institute Of Medicine) Report from July 31, 2003. I am not going to go into the core functions here, they can be found in the e-book for this class.
I would do my homework, and research the most popular EHR systems for the type of practice I was looking to implement it in. By asking other professionals what they liked and disliked most about the EHR software they were using, I could narrow the field down considerably. Once I had settled on the vendors whose products I was most interested in looking into purchasing, I would send each one an RFP (Request For Proposal) outlining my practice type, in addition to our available budget for the product and our practice needs and priorities. It is recommended that these only be sent to vendors that are seriously being considered to supply their product because RFP’s require a good deal of effort to respond to. They do allow the EHR customer to contrast and compare product features as they relate to their specific practice needs. …show more content…

If this answer is a “NO” is this because our software/office computer system is simply out of date and need to be

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