
"Overall I just see the idea of the care coordination and being able to send out the records as improving the patients' care."
-Kathy Jefford, Director of the OU/Appalachian Regional Extension Center
Each night, Dr. James Johns takes his PC tablet home and practices a tutorial on it, just so he can slowly familiarize himself with a new electronic health records system that will go live July 24.
Along with learning a bit each evening, he's looking beyond the technology – and the tablet he carries with him like a "paper" chart around the office – to a time when electronic health records (EHRs) will help him manage his practice, watch for trends, monitor chronic disease and make his patients healthier.