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10 Tips For Growing Your Health IT Strategy

Guest post by: Irene Froehlich

Article Overview: Ten tips for your practice to grow it's health IT strategy effectively.

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Start with a stepping stone approach... 1. being with modular ehr,

2. then e-prescribing,

3. train staff to use office technology for all patient interactions that fit the software (ie no slacking or reverting to ‘paper' when technology can be used),

4. research federal incentives,

5. meet MU requirements,

6. seek out staff feedback regarding the processes/software so you can have a more productive workflow in the office,

7. check with patients to get their impression of the new features like e-prescribing,

8. based on your info from staff and patients access your current system,

9. seek full-featured EHR partners to software companies, and

10. install a full-featured EHR, if needed.

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About the Author: Irene Froehlich
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Irene Froehlich has a unique business perspective as she has been the head of the DrFirst marketing department for more than 11 years. DrFirst began in 2000 by offering e-prescribing solutions to physicians and has grown to provide physicians with options for meeting Meaningful Use criteria and qualifying for federal incentive payments. DrFirst was bootstrapped from day one and successfully navigated the dot com bust which provided numerous challenges that Irene overcame, growing the DrFirst brand into an industry defining company that shows year over year growth. In such a unique market as health IT, Irene has successfully positioned DrFirst as a company that gives physicians options for exhibiting meaningful use of EHR - setting DrFirst apart from the competition. Irene's experience with DrFirst as a start-up, to present day as a booming small business affords her a unique perspective focused on results and minimizing cost. You can follow Irene's posts on the DrFirst blog at blog.drfirst.com and at www.twitter.com/DrFirst.

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