Read All About it: EHR Pilot Project Results Posted Online
By News Staff
Question: What was the most important lesson learned from the AAFP’s electronic health record pilot project? Answer: An Internet-based application service provider (such as that used in the pilot) works well for small- to medium-sized practices. This type of system has a lower overall cost because it requires less hardware and maintenance than the traditional client-server system. It’s also easy to install.
This story first appeared in the March 18, 2005, AAFP Direct.
The final report, posted on AAFP’s Center for Health Information Technology Web site, also discusses the importance of connectivity among health care entities, the benefits of peer support, the need for work-flow redesign and examples of barriers to implementation.
CHiT Director David Kibbe, M.D., called the pilot project a “collaborative effort” among the practices involved; CHiT staff; and personnel from MedPlexus Inc., Siemens Medical Solutions and Hewlett-Packard. All three companies are partners in AAFP’s EHR initiative, Partners for Patients.
“We can take what we’ve learned from this project and move forward to help family physicians in their EHR implementation efforts,” said Kibbe.
To read the report, go to http://www.centerforhit.org/ehrpilot.xml and click on the link to the PDF file.
The Academy’s EHR pilot project, launched in January 2004, involved six FPs from across the country who volunteered to test-drive an EHR system. The goal: to determine what it takes to implement such a system in a family medicine setting. To read a story about the pilot project, go to http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20040600/1.html.
CHiT Director David Kibbe, M.D., called the pilot project a “collaborative effort” among the practices involved; CHiT staff; and personnel from MedPlexus Inc., Siemens Medical Solutions and Hewlett-Packard. All three companies are partners in AAFP’s EHR initiative, Partners for Patients.
“We can take what we’ve learned from this project and move forward to help family physicians in their EHR implementation efforts,” said Kibbe.
To read the report, go to http://www.centerforhit.org/ehrpilot.xml and click on the link to the PDF file.
The Academy’s EHR pilot project, launched in January 2004, involved six FPs from across the country who volunteered to test-drive an EHR system. The goal: to determine what it takes to implement such a system in a family medicine setting. To read a story about the pilot project, go to http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20040600/1.html.
