The original article can be found here: Healthcare IT News

10 technologies to embrace before EMRs

1. ePrescribing
2. Email
3. Microsoft Office 365 and Google apps
4. Clinical groupware
5. Patient registry and CCR bulletin board
6. Document imaging
7. Clinical content repository (CMS)
8. Electronic lab reporting (ELR)
9. Electronic transcribing
10. Speech recognition

Of course, our particular interest is number 6!

The adoption of an EMR is rather daunting for many healthcare organizations, particularly the smaller more rural ones, but this article really provides a good list of things that can be adopted in baby steps.

Micrographics has successfully implemented backfile conversion of patient charts, chart invoicing, and other medical reports for several clinics in Florida.  We have used a variety of content management solutions to best fit the client.

Micrographics has also installed and trained clients on the use of Fujitsu Scanners to scan in day forward chart documents received during the course of business to reduce chart creation.

This is an interesting time for the healthcare industry.