As many medical practitioners are struggling to come to grips with the ever-changing landscape of chiropractic EHR, one academic institution has shown great initiative by introducing this technology into its current courses. According to a press release from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, the school has partnered with an EHR provider and will be incorporating digitized documents into its informatics program.

"Every student of informatics who aspires to work professionally in the field should have experience with a state-of-the-art electronic health record system, including back-end functionality. This partnership provides the opportunity for our students, including those in our distance learning program, to obtain such experience," OHSU professor Dr. William Hersh said in a statement.

The study of informatics involves the improvement of data management in a medical setting, including both biomedical research and day-to-day care. As such, expanding the use of EHR in these programs could be a boon for future physicians on several fronts, as students may come to find new and more efficient applications for this software and identify potential flaws that could hinder the adoption process. This paves the way for chiropractic EHR to evolve alongside the healthcare industry as a whole, and for physicians to become acclimated with this programming from an earlier stage in their clinical training.

One of the greatest challenges regarding implementation is the understandable wariness chiropractors and other professionals may have toward change. It is the prospect of imposing a whole new structure to their daily operations that undoubtedly proves the most daunting, yet the best chiropractic EHR has actually been designed to avoid this clash. By selecting EHR software with a flexible template that can be tailored to your practice, you can prevent many of the initial hiccups of implementation, particularly if you have the training and ongoing support of your provider.