title: The electronic medical office: optimizing solutions.
abstract: Optimizing the care for patients in the orthopaedic clinical setting involves a wide range of issues. Surgical techniques, preoperative and postoperative care, long-term outcomes follow-up, continuing education, and patient communication are a few of the important areas that surgeons deal with on a regular basis. Successful management of this information has an impact on clinical outcomes, direct patient care, financial decisions, and management of the surgeon's time. The development of a comprehensive electronic medical office is a powerful and probably necessary tool to successfully manage such information and achieve the goals of an effective and safe orthopaedic practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University / Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Ira H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kirschenbaum
authors.forename: Jay D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mabrey
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: A Herbert
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rhoades
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Golladay
authors.forename: Clifford
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wheeless
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009816:Office Automation / Q000592:standards*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000458:organization & administration*