title: Physician practice check-up. Assessing a practice's readiness for electronic health records.
abstract: Federal incentives will take some of the pain out of transitioning a practice to an electronic health record system, but the transformation will be monumental, nonetheless. For practices that take the leap, focusing initial efforts on a readiness assessment lays a solid foundation for later success.
authors.affiliation: Madison Center, South Bend, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crocker
authors.forename: Cheryl Gregg
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Fahrenholz
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levinson
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Washington
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States