1. (. The Ehr In A Private Family Practice. Noelle Hall.

1 ( The EHR in a Private Family Practice Noelle Hall The reasoning behind this research is to conduct a study of the implementation and functionality of an Electronic Health Record in a private family care practice setting. With this study, we will find out the advantages, the challenges, and the reasoning behind the use of EHRs in a private medical practice along with it’s involvement of meaningful use and interoperability criteria. I. INTRODUCTION In the last decade, Health Information Technology (HIT) has been drastically changing due to the constant development of new technologies. With these new technologies comes faster, more efficient ways to practice medicine. Amongst these new technologies is the Electronic Health Record (EHR).†¦show more content†¦B. Integration of Practice Management System Although an older Practice Management System has the ability to integrate with an electronic health record, it can be complicated in the process of finding which ones allow seamless integration. Due to many compatibility issues that may occur, it is advised to create a new PMS that can adapt to an EHR system’s structure. Epitomax, for example, is software solution created to combine practice management systems with EHRs [2]. Epitomax allows providers to only have to enter patient information in the system one time instead of entering data into several different programs [2]. Epitomax ultimately saves time for both the patient and the provider. II. challenges in implementing the ehr When implementing the EHR in a private practice many challenges can often occur. Some challenges are:  · Technical Ability- a computer’s age and other functional capabilities greatly affect its ability to exchange data within healthcare systems. Also, the location of the practice and the ability to access high speed Internet is also a concern [3].  · The Cost- We all know technology is expensive to purchase, but technologies, like EHRs, are expensive to operate and to integrate. There are high costs in training, support and the actual program