MSMS offers a series of case studies of diverse physician practices to capture the actual experience of Michigan physicians as they made the decision to use an electronic medical record (EMR) system, and then implemented it.
These case studies aim to address a gap in the EMR research: there are definitive general studies of adoption and there are consultants and vendors well qualified to assist physicians with the technical and operational details of selecting, installing, and maintaining an EMR, but there are no stories of diverse physician practices in Michigan that give physicians a vivid sense of the decisions, changes in operations, benefits, and drawbacks to adopting an EMR system.
We hope that these case studies are rich and varied enough for a physician to say of at least one, "Yes, that's like my practice and that's where I am right now in my thinking about EMR."
Click here to read an introductory summary, and the 14 case studies. For further information, contact Rebecca Blake at MSMS at 517-336-5729 or rblake@msms.org.