2. Two EHR Webinars
for Medical Practices
Stimulus Bill for Medical Practices
“How to get the money.”
How to Pick an EHR Vendor
“How to spend the money wisely”
About 4Dr
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3. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Signed into Law February 2009 by President Obama
$845 Billion in funding.
Health IT (Electronic Health Record) Funding.
$19 Billion allocated by Congress.
Provides incentives for practices adopting EHR.
Goal is by 2014 every American to have an Electronic
Health Record.
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4. Medical Practices Face Tough Decision
EHR is being defacto mandated by Federal Policy.
Practices can benefit from well implemented and operated
EHR.
Poorly executed EHR can cripple a practice.
Large healthcare institution have professional technology
and support staff (Legal, Procurement, Finance) to
implement EHR.
Most practices lack expertise in successfully implementing
an EHR solution.
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5. Webinar: Stimulus Bill for Medical
Practices
Who is eligible?
What are the different incentive from Medicare vs
Medicaid.
How your practices can maximize your return.
What does it mean to be a “meaningful user”?
What software will your practice need to buy?
What happens if your practice does not adopt EHR?
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6. Webinar: How to Pick an EHR
Vendor
Business impacting decision by Medical Practices.
Most practices have little experience selecting, implementing
and operating a mission critical application.
If not done correctly can cripple a practice.
4Dr has developed a methodology based on decades of
experience selling and implementing technology solutions.
Topics include:
Project Planning
Project Governance (who’s in charge).
Defining “must haves” vs “nice to haves”.
Selecting a “short list”.
Reference credibility.
Negotiating with vendors.
Winning implementation strategy.
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7. 4Dr Working for Medical Practices
4Dr's is an independent firm that educates medical practices on
the processes of becoming a meaningful user of Certified EHR
technology in order to qualify for reimbursement under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
To aid Medical Practices our principals leverage their combined
80+ years of experience selling high tech solutions from
Oracle, IBM, Cisco, Novell, Sun Microsystem, Texas Instruments.
We provide value to clients via: Webinars, In Person Seminars
and private consulting engagements.
4Dr has NO association with any EHR vendor. Our sole focus is
enabling medical practices to become meaningful successful
users of EHR.
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8. EHR for Medical Practices
Webinars
1:00- 2:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, July 15; “Stimulus Bill For
Medical Practices”
Wednesday, July 22; “How to pick an
EHR Vendor”
Go to www.4Drinc.com and click on
“Webinar ” tab.
$49/webinar (money back guarantee).
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Editor's Notes
Hello and thank you for joining 4Dr today for a preview of our Webinars: EHR for Medical Practices. My name is Michael Patrick and I’m a principal of 4Dr. For clarity, EHR stands for Electronic Health Record.