White Paper: Completing The EMR Puzzle: A Blueprint For Success

This whitepaper will propose a roadmap for hospitals to successfully deploy a cohesive electronic medical record (EMR) system, as part of the broader EHR initiative. First, it is necessary to explain the distinction between EMR, EHR and LHR – terms which are sometimes mistakenly used interchangeably.

According to a February 2009 story by Lucas Mearian in Computer World magazine, David Brailer, the first health information czar said, "A fully functioning national electronic health system could decrease U.S. health care costs between $200B and $300B annually by cutting down on duplicate records, reducing record-keeping errors, avoiding fraudulent claims and better coordinating health care among providers."

The benefits of deploying a complete EMR system as part of the EHR initiative Brailer described are numerous.