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Overview
EHR Roadmap
At what stage of the EHR implementation process is your practice? Use this matrix to help clarify your current goals and needs.

Return on Investment Calculator
Use this spreadsheet to help with your financial planning. Instructions are provided in a separate document.

Vendor Selection

 EHR Evaluation Form (updated March 16, 2005)

Selection Guidelines

Electronic Medical Records: A Buyer’s Guide for Small Physician Practices,
California HealthCare Foundation.
(www.chcf.org/documents/ihealth/ForresterEMRBuyersGuideRevise.pdf)

 Calculating the Cost of an EHR, also see a related article in Family Practice Management

Implementation Issues

Brief Report of the AAFP’s EHR Pilot Project: Key Learnings from Six Small Family Practices, American Academy of Family Physicians.

The Paperless Medical Office: Digital Technology’s Potential for the Internist , American College of Physicians.
(www.acponline.org/hpp/paperless.pdf)

Electronic Medical Records: Lessons from Small Physician Practices,
California HealthCare Foundation. (www.chcf.org/documents/ihealth/EMRLessonsSmallPhyscianPractices.pdf)

Healthcare IT Overview
Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health Records System: Letter Report, Institute of Medicine. (http://books.nap.edu/html/ehr/NI000427.pdf)

Telehealth

Using Telehealth to Reduce Disparities and Improve Care in Rural Communities, The Commonwealth Fund.

Governmental Policy & Guidelines

Information for Health: A Strategy for Building the National Health Information Infrastructure; National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
(http://ncvhs.hhs.gov/nhiilayo.pdf)