Physician practice management solutions
Hearn, C.W.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 92: 109-114
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 15455846 Document Number: 555881
Medicine today has changed in many aspects. Physician practices face enormous challenges in the form of higher costs, lower reimbursement, and managed care. Barriers in the form of physician discomfort with information technology and the costs associated with employing this technology make physicians reluctant to adopt information technology systems in their practices. Thus the problem is how to get doctors to adopt technology that can actually help them combat these challenges and problems and provide quality care to patients. This chapter discusses an appropriate and practical orientation from which to approach design and implementation of information technology for the office practice.