Selecting an EMR for your practice

Within this decade, family physicians and specialists have been transitioning from paper charts to electronic medical records (EMR) with trends supporting the vision that one day all patient charts in Ontario will be maintained by EMR. For physicians starting their own practice, selecting the best EMR solution from so many options can be a daunting task. Dr. Darren Larsen, family physician and IT lead at Thornhill Village Family Health Organization can help. He offers six key pieces of advice for choosing an EMR in the latest edition of  Technology for Doctors Online. This twice-monthly compendium is written and edited by a team of experienced business and technology journalists, physicians and health-care consultants. It is a great resource for physicians to learn more about the latest IT and EMR updates.