Electronic Document Management Systems - A Step Toward EHRs

Electronic Document Management Systems — A Step Toward EHRs examines electronic document management systems (EDMS) which are, for many facilities, a necessary first step towards electronic health records (EHRs). EDMS offer the promise of immediate delivery from mountains of paperwork and the prospect of full-featured EHRs.

In this program, IT consultants Michael Cohen and Margret Amatayakul walk participants through the strategies and tactics to consider in ensuring your document management and document imaging systems fit into your long-term IT strategy.

Training Objectives

You'll learn how to make sense of the confusing and sometimes contradictory options you have to achieve your patient safety, quality and efficiency goals:

• What does this alphabet soup mean to your organization
  • EDMS, DIM, WFM, and ED/CM
• Is EDMS an EHR? Is EDMS separate or part of an EHR?
  • How do EDMS and EHR serve different masters?
  • What to consider in moving to paperless including cultural, organizational and ownership challenges.
• Implementation, migration and management issues
  • Does EDMS create or resolve the issue of hybrid records?
• How do you decide what strategy should you adopt?

Who Can Use This Program?

• HIM Executives
• CTO / VP Information Systems
• Chief Information Officers
• Director of Quality Improvement
• Director of Care Management
• Chief Medical Informatics Officer/Medical Director of Information Systems
• Director of Marketing
• Administrators/Practice Management Executives
• C-Level Executives
• Business Managers
• Anyone Considering Buying Document Management and EHR Systems

About the Speakers

Margret Amatayakul
RHIA, CHPS, CPHIT, CPEHR, FHIMSS

Margaret Amatayakul is president of Margret\A Consulting, LLC and co-founder and member of the board of examiners of Health IT Certification. Margret “A” provides consulting services to hospitals and clinics, newly forming regional health information organizations, and government agencies/contractors. She provides training programs, conducts research, and writes extensively to share lessons learned that will help achieve clinical transformation through adoption of health information technology. She formerly held executive positions with AHIMA and CPRI, and is current faculty in health informatics masters programs at the College of St. Scholastica and University of Illinois.

Michael R. Cohen
CPHIT, CPEHR, FHIMSS, MBA/MHA

Michael Cohen specializes in helping health care organizations get more value out of their information technology (IT) investments. He is president of MRC Consulting Group and a principal in Cardinal Consulting, Inc. He has 30 years of experience in health care IT working with leading consulting firms, as a hospital administrator and as a vendor. Areas of expertise include systems planning, vendor evaluation and selection, contract negotiations, systems implementation management, product review and analysis, IT management, project management, and electronic health records. Mr. Cohen also frequently conducts strategic and competitive analysis for information systems vendors and companies who are active in, or considering entering, the health care IT market. Mr. Cohen is a frequent public speaker and author on information systems topics. He is a Fellow in the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and is one of the first person's in the US to become a Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT) and a Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR). He received his Masters in Management (MM) degree with concentrations in Health Care Administration and Finance from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. More information on Mr. Cohen and his company can be found at www.mrccg.com.

What Is Included?

The CD includes the audio of the presentation, the slides prepared by the speaker and a .pdf file of the slides for printing. Your computer does need an audio component to use this CD.