Options for Managing Your Practice’s IT:

IT infrastructure design is critical to an efficiently performing EHR. The infrastructure strategy impacts performance, speed and ultimately – uptime. Choosing who will design, build, manage and maintain the system is a key decision.

If EHR has already been implemented, how is the system performing? If it’s not meeting expectations, has the IT support partner provided options and strategies to improve it?

An assessment by an outside consulting company may be needed to check for potential vulnerabilities that could cause downtime.

It is extremely important to choose a well-qualified IT partner. This company will be entrusted with a mission-critical component of the practice.

The strength of the IT foundation plays an integral role in the operational, regulatory, and financial success or failure of the practice.

Common IT support approaches include:

• IT Guy
• Internal IT Organization
• Managed IT Service Provider