Costco Connection - September 2012

A modern approach to
keeping healthcare records

IF YOU’RE A medical professional in a small or medium-size practice, here’s a question for you: How healthy is your business?

If your patient records, scheduling program, billing or other operations are still paper based, your business probably isn’t operating as efficiently as it could. Also, you could be missing out on federal incentives for upgrading to an electronic health records (EHR) system. But most important, your patients might not be getting the best care available because critical medical information is not readily available.

Many healthcare providers have been reluctant to consider an EHR system because of cost and complexity. But Costco has a solution: Allscripts My Way™, a program offered through Etransmedia that combines an EHR system with a practice-management component. The program is designed to handle all phases of operations in a medical setting, all at an affordable price.

“Upgrading a medical office’s records and operations to an electronic system represents

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a major commitment in time and money,”
says Costco program manager Jim Goforth.
“But the benefits can pay off in terms of mod-
ern, efficient operations and better healthcare
for patients.”
Costco member Greg Shilling, a podiatrist
who operates the Foot Care Center of
Harrisonburg, Virginia (www.harrisonburg.
podiatrists.com), switched to the Allscripts My
Way program last January. He had been keep-
ing patient records on Word documents.