Electronic Health Records: Transforming Your Medical Practice

This practical guide to electronic health records (EHR) in the medical practice setting helps you implement EHR correctly and efficiently. It will allow you to transform your medical practice and improve patient care. The book covers: External and internal environments Needs assessment Organization and planning Vendor selection Practice implementation Ongoing maintenance and enhancement The book comes complete with tools, checklists, case studies and exhibits.

Margret Amatayakul is president of Margret\A Consulting, LLC, a firm dedicated to providing effective and efficient solutions to today’s information management and systems issues. She is co-founder of Health IT Certification. She has an extensive history of working in the field of electronic health records (EHR) and associated standards, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Margret is a widely acclaimed speaker and has published extensively, having several regular columns in health care trade magazines. She has written books on HIPAA, EHR, finance concepts for health professionals, and work flow and process improvement. Steven S. Lazarus is president and co-founder of Boundary Information Group (BIG), a consortium of health care information and technology consulting firms using their collective experience and knowledge to address the information needs of the health care community. He consults on EHR, system strategic planning, revenue cycle and work flow improvement, and HIPAA compliance. His clients include physician practices, hospitals, insurance companies, vendors, government (federal, state and local) and national associations.