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The Pitfalls of Introducing Electronic Medical Records
- Mark Faron, MD;
- Thomas Hale, MD; and
- Linda Jesberg, RN
- From Mercy Medical Group, St. Louis, MO 63141.
TO THE EDITOR:
The perspective expressed by Dr. Baron and his partners (1) demonstrated the pitfalls associated with the difficult task of implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system. Our group has had a different experience. Mercy Medical Group, owned by the Sisters of Mercy Health System, comprises 160 physicians and includes internists, family practitioners, pediatricians, and women's health practitioners. With the financial backing of the health system, we researched several EMR vendors and chose Misys EMR (Misys Healthcare Systems, Raleigh, North Carolina) because we had been using their practice management system, which interfaced with their EMR system. Having the health system's support and financing was a significant advantage that an individual group of physicians starting …
