Selection of electronic health records software: Challenges, considerations, and recommendations

Author

Piliouras, Teresa ; Pui Lam Yu ; Housheng Huang ; Xin Liu ; Siddaramaiah, V.K.A. ; Sultana, N.

Author_Institution

Electron. Health Records Task Force, Polytech. Inst. of New York Univ., Hawthorne, NY, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

6-6 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The authors are engaged in on-going research on the functionality of Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, and challenges doctors and nurse practitioners face when they migrate from paper to electronic-based record keeping. Our goal is to assist small practices in the adoption of EHR software and in the optimization of their clinical and practice management functions. In this paper, we discuss challenges, considerations, and recommendations for identifying solutions suited to this health care delivery category. We present findings on installation, training and use of EHR software, based on our hands-on testing and experiences working with leading EHR vendors. We have conducted a detailed industry analysis of over 200 vendors and their offerings.

Keywords

medical information systems; EHR; clinical management functions; electronic health records software; practice management functions; Computers; Documentation; Maintenance engineering; Medical services; Security; Software; Training; assessment; challenges and obstacles to automated medical and health care recordkeeping; compliance with ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) requirements; electronic health records software; implementation; selection; training and system documentation; user inteface design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2011 IEEE Long Island

Conference_Location

Farmingdale, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9878-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LISAT.2011.5784239

Filename

5784239