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Archive > October, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 10

Paving the Way for Your Paperless System

Four simple steps to determining your true needs.

Melody Mena, RN, RNFA, CNOR

It seems everyone in healthcare is talking about electronic medical records, and with good reason: The federal government has called for all facilities to adopt electronic health records by 2014. But with about 500 systems on the market, the daunting prospect of going paper-free and tales of facilities that tried and failed to make the switch, you might feel overwhelmed. Here's how to avoid the fretting and the costly pitfalls.

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