Nurse Runs Primary Care Micro Practice EHR Solution

Kristina Garrido walked away from her last medical practice and started her own medical clinic because the personal and financial burdens were too great. In particular, the Electronic Health Record and Practice Management systems were creating too many workflow problems and costing her and the three other partners too much money.

After discovering the Ideal Medical Practice model, Kristina opened her own primary care micro-practice outside Seattle, Washington. As the technological foundation of her practice, Amazing Charts provides Kristina with an affordable, easy-to-use EHR that integrates lab reports, ePrescribing, scheduling, and more.

Village Family Clinic & Wellness Center is a primary care micro-practice with around 1,000 patients. Kristina Garrido, ARNP, is the owner and solo primary care provider who delivers excellent medical and emotional care to her patients and has developed a very loyal patient base. She sees patients of all ages and often cares for entire families.

Today, Garrido's thriving practice is fully paperless...and even phoneless. All communication with patients and other providers is done over the Internet using email, or text messaging on a cell phone. Patients make appointments online, where they can also fill-in in their demographics, which Garrido imports directly into Amazing Charts.

Garrido has approximately 2500 patient visits per year – far less than the average primary care provider. With total receipts of around $250,000 and an extremely low overhead, Garrido can make a comfortable living and still get home in time for dinner with her family.

"As the only decent EHR for such a low price, Amazing Charts is helping lead a revolution in healthcare – one that enables me to see just 10 patients per day and spend quality time with each one, resulting in better health outcomes," concludes Garrido.