A recent article by Robin Settle of ECG Management Consultants discusses which EHR applications hospitals and health systems need and which revenue cycle bolt-ons can be cut to help improve efficiency and optimization.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on ECG Management Consultant's website.
Is it time to cut your revenue cycle bolt-ons? Those applications you purchased to support your EHR/revenue cycle core system are not only expensive but may be impacting system efficiency and optimization. It may have been several years since you implemented your core EHR. At the time, you evaluated the functionality and determined that specialty applications or bolt-ons were needed to operate the new system. Vendors provided a list of additional applications that were required. Some vendors helped you determine which applications can “go away” with the new system. Your organization’s decisions made sense at the time. However, the EHR vendors have improved upon and enhanced the efficacy of their applications or created partnerships with third-party vendors to streamline the interfaces. Click here to continue>>
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