Tutorials

The content listed below offers basic information about how to prepare your practice for an EHR, select the right system for you, redesign your office workflow, and maintain and improve how the EHR works for you, your staff, and your patients.

Video Modules: Health IT for the Family Medicine Office -- We are pleased to present a series of video modules related to adopting electronic health records in family medicine practices. The videos are free. These modules are intended to help educate you and your office staff about health information technology.

EHR Courses -- Learn about electronic health records (EHRs) in general, including how they're priced, what the most common features and functions are and how to select the right one for your practice.

Hardware Tutorials -- Learn the basic terms and functions related to electronic hardware and the basic functions of all components of a computer network.

Networking Tutorials -- Learn the jargon and components of a network, and how to develop a contingency plan should your network run into trouble.

Implementation Tutorials -- Like a good paint job, a successful implementation depends on a lot of pre-work. Learn how to implement an EHR in your practice with these sanity-preserving methods.

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) -- A PCMH integrates patients as active participants in their own health and well-being. An IT infrastructure in the practice is a key component.
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