As you shift to chiropractic EHR, don’t forget your top priorities

Advancements in chiropractic EHR are intended to benefit patients first.

Advancements in chiropractic EHR are intended to benefit patients first.

In the midst of preparing your practice to transition to chiropractic EHR, it's easy to get caught up in the finite details of implementation. In addition, with meaningful use stage 2 just on the horizon, there are even more rules and regulations to familiarize yourself with before setting your system live. Previously, we've discussed the importance of quality training during this time to ensure that your personnel feel comfortable with your new chiropractic office management software. However, as a recent piece for The Atlantic has eloquently reiterated, make sure you never lose track of who these advancements are truly for. 

"This month and next, almost 20,000 U.S. students will be reporting for their first day of medical school. Guiding them through this process are almost 150,00 faculty members, many holding MD or PhD degrees," The Atlantic writes. "It's worth remembering, though, that our most important medical educators never went to medical or nursing school. They are patients."

We've talked a lot about how adopting chiropractic EHR can streamline your workflow and cut down on operational costs. These benefits are ultimately intended to improve the quality of care you provide to your patients. By facilitating the efficient transmission of medical history, simplifying the process of recording patient information and protecting these files from digital and environmental elements, you are ultimately working to improve the experience of your patients.

Though some skeptics may perceive that digitizing these documents is somehow dehumanizing, we referenced on this blog that the best chiropractic EHR actually allows for personal narratives, provided that you take full advantage of this capacity. If you're in the process of role-playing with personnel before your go-live date, remember to devote as much time to how the patients feel in these scenarios as you do to the comfort of the physician. 

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