affiliated with creating online tutorials, a literature review was conducted in the guise of creating video tutorials for an academic library environment. The findings from this literature review are expanded upon here: In creating an online tutorial, it is best to keep the length of the tutorial relatively short.
Study participants on average spent $5,900 on purchases related to hardware, software, peripherals, and network connections. 1  About half of the practices averaged $3,094 for IT and other outside support costs. 2  These costs do not factor in overtime pay or other workflow inefficiencies. Averaged across all 30 practices, out-of-pocket expenses in the first 6 months of an implementation reached $6,516. In a similar study published in the March 2011 issue of Health Affairs, 26 primary care practices in North Texas implemented an EHR across their medical network. The researchers considered the hardware/software costs, as well as the staff members' time and effort to complete the implementation. They determined that a typical multiphysician practice would spend about $162,000 to implement an EHR, with $85,500 for first-year maintenance costs.
As of May 2012, the median pay for medical records and health information technicians was $34,160 per year, or $16.42 per hour, according to the BLS.lectronic medical records specialists will play a key role in keeping these claims flowing smoothly between healthcare providers and insurers. While modern digital technology has revolutionized medical records keeping, the foundations of this career date to the Jazz Age.