Case Study: Sumter Allergy & Asthma Center The Situation: Paper Cuts – Eliminating Paper Charting Dr. James Atkison has been practicing at Sumter Asthma & Allergy Center in South Carolina since 1994. His wife, Maryanne, works alongside him as both an RN and the practice’s office manager. The combination of being a sole practitioner and seeing well over 30 patients per day had begun to take a toll on the duo. At times, hours were being spent updating files and tracking charts, as well as taking extra precautions to avoid the unnecessary duplication of tests and blood work that may have been administered at another physician’s office. Both Dr. Atkison and Maryanne were big proponents of implementing an EHR system to help with streamlining the processes in their office, but were

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