Question

You are a physician in a group practice that is considering purchasing an electronic health record (EHR) system. Which of the following questions should you ask first when shopping for an EHR?

 A. Why are you purchasing an EHR?

 B. How many providers will be using the EHR? 

 C. How many patients will your medical doctors treat annually?

 D. What EHRS are other physician practices in your area using? 

 E. None of the above. 

Answer 1

While buying an electrical health record, you should ask the following questions

A. Why are you purchasing an EHR?

This is a very important question because in which area you need EHR, and is it really needed or helpful?

B. How many providers using EHR?

You have to sure about this because EHR software should be built according to no of users and data.

C. How many patients will your medical doctor treat annually?

You have to averagely plan that the expected patient in your facility because your EHR should be made according to the amount of data going to store on it.

D. What EHRs are other physician's practices in your area?

This is for usability, because if you buy a similar type of EHR then it will be easy for doctors to use. In another aspect, you can identify the quality because the best thing is used by everyone.

So here every question is necessary while buying an EHR.