title: Realizing the promise of EMRs. How a group of physicians in Texas moved forward on EMR and HIE at the same time.
abstract: North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP), an independent practice association based in Forth Worth, has been working with healthcare organizations across North Texas to build an HIE known as SandlotConnect. NTSP Executive Director Karen Van Wagner, Ph.D. lays out four key strategies that appear to have been successful in winning broad and sustained acceptance by clinicians.
authors.affiliation: North Texas Specialty Physicians, Fort Worth, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Wagner
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006123:Group Practice; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D013781:Texas