EMR strategies at the point of care

The American Academy of Family Physicians has put out a very good primer on using electronic medical records (EMRs) to provide patient-centric care. There are a few tips to remember:

• Invest in a mobile monitor, be it a flat screen on a movable arm, a tablet PC or good old fashioned laptop.
• Use Google.
• Learn when to push the computer screen away and focus on the patient.
• Tell your patients what you are doing as you are doing it.
• Try to encourage patient participation in the process.
• Consider having staff handle routine data entry either before or after the patient encounter.

- see this article from the American Academy of Family Physicians (.pdf)

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