Physicians around the nation are implementing and succeeding with electronic health records!

On patient web-access:

“Initially, some of our physicians were concerned that 'patient web-access' wouldn’t be effective because they did not think our patient base was computer savvy. That wasn’t the case at all. We doubled the number of hits to our Web site almost immediately, and we estimate that nearly 60 percent of our patients now complete their paperwork online.”

- Diana Blondeau, Administrator at Southern Crescent Women’s Healthcare

On physician mobile-access:

"If I’m making rounds at the hospital, I can pull a patient’s lab results 'from my EHR system' and have them available right on my mobile phone.  If I’m talking to a patient, I can pull relevant information on that patient wherever I am, even if I’m at home. That makes me a more effective physician."

- Dr. Barry Harris, Surgeon with Carrollton Surgical Group.

On EHR acceptance:

"I’ve often talked about your EHR becoming the life blood of your practice. Once you’ve implemented an EHR it becomes a part of almost everything you do in a clinic. I can’t think of any part of a clinical practice that isn’t affected by the implementation of an EHR."

- John Hakim, MD