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J. Fa rh a M.D.,
President of
Wichita Urology Group, which has been
caring for patients in Wichita and surrounding
communities for more than 50 years. We
thank Dr. Farha for sharing his insights on the
practice���s commitment to improving patients���
lives through superior urological care.
Q
What are your guidelines for
choosing the best electronic
health record (EHR) system
for your office?
Ayham J. Farha M.D., President of Wichita Urology Group
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A: Because of changes in the health
care system, the enticement of
Medicare, and the feeling that the
government wants us to use EHRs,
we decided to completely convert
our office for EHR use. We do not
have paper charts anymore. We
found that any time you implement
a new office-management system,
you have to remember that it has
two aspects: (1) running the office
and electronic management system
and (2) running the EHR system.
A lot of people are now focusing
completely on the EHR element of
this, which is allowing us to enter all
of our data electronically. While this
is very important, the basic needs
of an office are to be able to bill and
collect money correctly.
Whenever we evaluate a total
electronic system for the office, we
evaluate its ability as a management system and then as an EHR
system. A lot of companies that
