With over 160 Information Technology (IT) staff members dedicated to maintaining and growing our Electronic Health Record (EHR) – and more than $100 million invested in its EHR infrastructure – Geisinger has the ability to host and implement complete, state-of-the-art EHRs for health systems, hospitals and individual community practices located anywhere in central and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Our team is highly experienced in providing this technology and is available to:
- Visit your site to perform a needs assessment.
- Work with your staff to develop a customized EHR plan and implementation strategy.
- Work with you to get your record fully implemented.
- Assist in the ‘go live’ when you begin using your new EHR.
- Provide ongoing support and maintenance, including upgrades.
- Assist in educating your staff and redesigning workflow.
- Help with the development of interfaces and reports that are customized for your practice.
- Link your organization to the Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE)
Why Use the Geisinger EHR?
Chief Health Information Officer Jim Walker, MD, compares the benefits of subscribing to Geisinger's EHR to other EHR options.
Geisinger’s team can also assist in implementing the following electronic functions into your everyday practice:
- Scheduling patient appointments
- Patient registration
- Building a patient portal to communicate with patients electronically
- Referring physician portal to communicate with physicians electronically
- Access the EHR from home
- Reporting database
- e-Prescribing
EHRs Benefit Physicians
Internist Maria Kobylinski, MD, explains how using the EHR has improved workflow in her practice.
Geisinger has now worked with multiple phone companies throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania to connect health care organizations through a series of 12 T1 lines and eight 10-meg connections. The EHR has more than 15,000 users and celebrates greater than 99% uptime.
If you’ve been thinking about adopting an electronic health record, Geisinger has the experience, talent and technology to help you reach your goals.
To learn more, call 570.271.6637 or email telemedicine@geisinger.edu.
