Pulmonary Care of Central Florida is installing a new electronic medical records system — a move that may help it land some of the $19 billion in federal stimulus funds earmarked for health information technology.
The Winter Park medical group, which has one doctor and two nurse practitioners, decided to do so to reduce the amount of space needed for records storage and to save time, said MaryAnn Simmons, the practice’s administrator.
She estimated such systems cost $50,000-$70,000, take about a month to install and up to eight months to master. More Here EMR Stimulus Package