What you Need to Know in order to Successfully, Select, Implement and Use an EMR in your Medical Practice.

1. What you need to know in order to successfully implement and use your EMR Dr. Alan Brookstone FMF 2010 October 15 - 3:10pm

3. Doctor’s use of EHR Where is Canada Internationally? * 2006: “Do you currently use electronic patient medical records in your practice?” * 2009: “Do you use electronic patient medical records in your practice (not including billing systems)?” Source: 2006 and 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians.

4. Medical, Medication, and Lab Errors Among Sicker Adults Percent reporting medical mistake, medication error, or lab error in past two years Data: Analysis of 2005 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults; Schoen et al. 2005

5. Doctors Reporting Routinely Receiving Alerts about Potential Problem with Drug Dose/Interaction Percent of physicians Source: 2006 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians

6. Medications Reviewed When Discharged from Hospital Among Sicker Adults in Six Countries, 2005 Percent of hospitalized patients with new prescription who reported prior medications were reviewed at discharge Data: 2005 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults (Schoen et al. 2005).