Growing Pains – Pediatric Practice Learns That Change is Good
Growing Pains – Pediatric Practice Learns That Change is Good
5 PagesCase Study: Colorado River Pediatrics The Situation: A Pattern of Disappointment Colorado River Pediatrics is a bustling practice located in Fort Mohave, AZ, with approximately 7,500 patients. This year, Dr. Alan Barton was designated as one of only 28 health professionals in the USA as a “Health IT Fellow” by the Office of the National Coordinator. Over the past few years, the practice has gone through a tedious process of selecting several different EHR systems, only to be disappointed by each. It was tiring to put time and effort into a system to be let down over and over again. Dr. Barton was managing the practice on a system run by a company that decided to “reinvent itself” and re-sell the system as a whole new program. As someone looking for performance and stability, Dr
