Phase 1: Automate

Drive physician adoption of EMR

To drive physician adoption of EMR, you need to lead the community transformation. Make the necessary changes in your own organization to act as a model for practices.

Taking advantage of Stark relaxation, you can help fund EMR deployment in the practices that you wish to join your community—and differentiate your hospital in the industry. By supporting the needs of these practices, you build physician loyalty at a fraction of the cost of owning and managing practices internally.

Other successful tactics in Phase 1:

• Focus your recruitment efforts by specialty, not referral patterns. Offer EMR to "most valuable" specialties first.
• Identify physician leaders to gain immediate community traction. Engage these physician leaders as references.
• Start with this strong base of physicians and expand your reach.
• Host community events to engage other practices, and offer conversion packages to other EMR users.
• Prioritize connectivity to hospital services.

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