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摘要

ADOPTION DOESN’T MEAN WE LIKE ITPractices adopt IT systems to automate a workflow previously done by hand — such as accounting, scheduling, medical records keeping. When a practice adopts software, one of two things happens: either the practice changes its processes in order to use the software or the practice changes the software in order to reflect its processes. You either adapt to it, or you adapt it to you.These three are actually the critical practice process types: those that treat your patients (EMR and other clinical apps); run your practice (practice management, scheduling) or collect your money (billing and revenue cycle management). Therefore, this final installment of the series is meant to help you apply a centralized approach for productivity that is process-centric first, technology-centric second.Conceptually, technology is the foundation that automates the processes.