I’m reposting a blog post from EMR Thoughts that reposted my comment on EMR and EHR. (Now, if someone reposts this blog post, how confusing!).
In my post on points of differentiation for EHR companies, Charles Webster MD MSIE MSIS recently created an acronym to talk about how EHR’s should save you time, effort and money. The acronym is S.Y.S.T.E.M.
An EHR should…
Save You Substantial Time, Effort, and Money.
SAVE
Minimize encounter length, wait times, staff idle time, mental and physical effort, and Total Cost of Ownership.
YOU
You serve your patients; your EHR should serve you. (OK, its portal serves your patients, too)
SUBSTANTIAL
Lots of:
TIME
Save time: see another patient; spend more time with each patient; go home on time.
EFFORT
Minimize mental and physical effort to learn and use.
MONEY
Time is money. Save time, save money. Shift tasks from expensive personnel to less expensive personnel (but monitor task progress so nothing falls between the cracks).
P.S. Apparently I’m getting pretty good with acronyms!
@ @ H-EHR-T: Healthy Electronic Health Record Technology doesn’t cause doctors heartburn. (z-)
— Charles Webster, MD ()
@ sound combinable. ‘I wish I knew how to quit you’ meets a H-EHR-T health EHR: laughter, tragedy, car chases, explosions, Oscar!
— Charles Webster, MD ()