This has became more necessary after the centralization approach in which every patient data has to be put in a single repository to find out the accurate total patient care history and plans regarding patient health. To promote these ideas now the governments have also announced several incentives for those who are using electronic ways in order to maintain their patient records for the calculation of their patient health care and other divisional care.
It is also notice able that according to a law now the hospitals are encouraged to provide possible infrastructure and awareness regarding electronic medical record systems to private practitioners. The trends of industry are changing due to the cost benefit analysis which took place in the market regarding EMR. First important factor in it is the cost of hardware and peripherals which requires setting up of an electronic medical record system. Due to the advancement of the technology the cost of these peripherals and instruments has been reduced dramatically.
The thing which comes after it is the graphical user interface or more commonly said the software for electronic medical record system. The costs of the software also have a major role in the development of the market of the EMR. Introduction of new platform is although very useful in creating user friendly graphical user interfaces but for that the price tag is much higher than the existing platforms. Infrastructure requirement comes after it.
Like Network management hardware and peripherals and devices necessary to develop a network and the equipment to maintain the quality of the network is also countable in developing cost of and electronic medical record system. In the cost analysis the amount for facilities up gradation in which site preparation and renovation is applicable also important as well as the management of the EMR by the user. Project implementation planning, contract negotiations and procurements come after it. In specific this part requires a complete feasibility to in developing an electronic medical record system costs.
Application development comes after it. Application development is simply the implementation of hierarchies and protocols in to system. Configuration management analysis comes after it in implementation phase expanses. User training expenditure is also in one of the important factors in the cost analysis to be discussed. All these factors are pre installation or pre implementation factors in EMR. After the implementation the factors that affect the implementation of the electronic medical record system is the hiring of IT personals and their job assignment and user training.
Software annual maintenance its subscription and up gradation also involves an amount to maintain. The facilities rental and other necessities are also important in the cost analysis of an electronic medical record system. Further in the cost analysis the indirect or ongoing costs are also having their role. These costs can be in form of Data integrity, cyber security issues or privacy matters in the system or it can be IT policy management strategies. The cost analysis of an Electronic medical record system shows that the average functionality cost of the system is about $35000/- to $63600 per physician.