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33 The three legged stool of EHRs — Dr. Michael Weinstein recounts why Capital Digestive Care selected gMed's gGastro Written by Eric Oliver I n 2009, Silver Spring, Md.-based Capi- tal Digestive Care formed when seven gastroenterology groups merged. At the time, three groups had converted to EHRs, while four relied on paper records. It wouldn't be until 2011 when the group decided to select an EHR. Weinstein Michael 5x7 Michael Weinstein, MD, president and CEO of Capital Digestive Care shared Capital Digestive Care's 18-month EHR search story with Becker's ASC Review. Spurred on by financial incentives in CMS' American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Capital Digestive Care assembled a team comprising the clinical, administrative, technical, medical records and coding and billing departments to search for an EHR. The team had to be multifaceted to ensure the selected EHR would be acceptable for each department. "As a group of more than 50 physicians we proceeded in a slow and deliberate process that took 18 months to complete to reach a decision point that was acceptable," Dr. Weinstein said. "Each step of this process required regular communication between physicians, administrators and staff." After the team was selected, the practice conducted a readiness as- sessment, identifying every aspect of the clinical and administrative workflow and deciding how it would translate into the EHR. This pro- cess helped the selection team create a list of what the EHR's standard The EHR for GI Section Sponsored by: • Three GI experts share their experiences with gMed, A Modernizing Medicine Co. EHR, gGastro • Capital Digestive Care's Dr. Michael Wein- stein recounts the practice's EHR selection process and how it reached a decision • Insights from Black Book and relevant studies on EHRs in the ASC space • And much more! In this Section:

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