One of the challenges by neurologists who want to implement the use of electronic health records (EHR) is find an application designed especially to fit the workflow and needs of a neurology practice. Since neurology is a medical specialty area that relies heavily on the use of a variety of medical imaging techniques, the EHR software a neurology practice uses must be able to handle storing these images. The EHR software should follow Digital Image Communication in Medicine (DICOM) standard for handling, transmitting, printing, and storing medical records.

Adopting Electronic Health Records Electronic health records (EHR) refer to data about a person or a population's health status stored in a digital format for convenient access and amendment. One prominent example of electronic health records are medical histories, while radiology information systems comprise a slightly more obscure example. The adoption of electronic health records helps improve the quality of care for patients and can lower costs for the medical practice using those systems.

Coding Requirements Healthcare providers and organizations of all sizes are developing strategies for the changes required by CMS to switch ICD-10 coding, while at the same time working through the issues associated with the HIPPA requirement for all billing to be submitted using ANSI 5010 forms.