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SMART CHARTING Is going paperless worth it? Brooke Alire, RN, of Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., thinks so.
Payoffs of Going Paperless
After enduring many trials and tribulations, this hospital is finally reaping the benefits of its conversion to electronic medical records.
Annette Saylor, RN, CNOR, CRNFA | Grand Junction, Colo.
The Year of the EMR Conversion. That was 2012, nothing but contracts, interfaces, workflow analysis, programs, servers, wizards, procedure cards and pick lists. Planning and implementing an electronic medical records system required hard work, long days and learning a new lingo, but now that it's done we're beginning to reap the benefits.