4Dr Inc.
Michael Patrick
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Two EHR Webinars
for Medical Practices
Stimulus Bill for Medical Practices
 “How to get the money.”
How to Pick an EHR Vendor
 “How to spend the money wisely”
About 4Dr
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
 Signed into Law February 2009 by President Obama
 $845 Billion in funding.
 Health IT (Electronic Health Record) Funding.
 $19 Billion allocated by Congress.
 Provides incentives for practices adopting EHR.
 Goal is by 2014 every American to have an Electronic
Health Record.
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Medical Practices Face Tough Decision
 EHR is being defacto mandated by Federal Policy.
 Practices can benefit from well implemented and operated
EHR.
 Poorly executed EHR can cripple a practice.
 Large healthcare institution have professional technology
and support staff (Legal, Procurement, Finance) to
implement EHR.
 Most practices lack expertise in successfully implementing
an EHR solution.
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Webinar: How does the Stimulus
Bill Impact your practice:
 Who is eligible?
 What are the different incentive from Medicare vs
Medicaid.
 How your practices can maximize your return.
 What does it mean to be a “meaningful user”?
 What software will your practice need to buy?
 What happens if your practice does not adopt EHR?
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Webinar: How to Pick an EHR
Vendor
 Business impacting decision by Medical Practices.
 Most practices have little experience selecting, implementing
and operating a mission critical application.
 If not done correctly can cripple a practice.
 4Dr has developed a methodology based on decades of
experience selling and implementing technology solutions.
 Topics include:
 Project Planning
 Project Governance (who’s in charge).
 Defining “must haves” vs “nice to haves”.
 Selecting a “short list”.
 Reference credibility.
 Negotiating with vendors.
 Winning implementation strategy.
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4Dr Working for Medical Practices
 4Dr's is an independent firm that educates medical practices on
the processes of becoming a meaningful user of Certified EHR
technology in order to qualify for reimbursement under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
 To aid Medical Practices our principals leverage their combined
80+ years of experience selling high tech solutions from
Oracle, IBM, Cisco, Novell, Sun Microsystem, Texas Instruments.
 We provide value to clients via: Webinars, In Person Seminars
and private consulting engagements.
 4Dr has NO association with any EHR vendor. Our sole focus is
enabling medical practices to become meaningful successful
users of EHR.
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EHR for Medical Practices
Webinars
 1:00- 2:00 PM EDT
 Wednesday, July 15; “Stimulus Bill For
Medical Practices”
 Wednesday, July 22; “How to pick an
EHR Vendor”
 Go to myrecoveract.com and click on
“Webinar Registration” button.
 $49/webinar (money back guarantee).
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