It has also become a springboard for moving our practice forward in becoming more financially efficient and improving our quality of care. We have reduced chart storage by 50 percent in just a few months, freeing up precious office space in our small family practice clinic. We are starting plans for adding one to two more providers. This has also freed up employee time in pulling charts. We are using the EHR to collect data that insurance companies require for quality bonus measurements. The EHR has let us create plans to become pro-active in making sure we are up to speed on all of the various measures that they require. Our plans for this year also include implementing the DOQ-IT and PQRI programs and using the EHR to collect our own data to audit ourselves on preventive medicine and chronic disease management.
Eric Price, M.D. is a physician at the Family Medical Group in Portland, Ore. Family Medical Group is a four-physician, one-nurse practitioner, practice with in-house lab and digital x-ray services. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas. Dr. Price did his residency in family practice at the University of Alabama Birmingham at Huntsville. Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Price worked as an electrical engineer. Dr. Price currently serves on the Physician Advisory Board for Allscripts HealthMatics EHR since April of 2007. In his spare time, Dr. Price enjoys spending time with his family and organic gardening.
