Case Study: Boulder Institute for Sports Medicine recovers 40+ staff hours and streamlines charting with MicroMD EMR

After a long search, sports medicine practice reaches for the right EMR

Boulder Institute for Sports Medicine, an orthopedic surgery practice in Boulder, Colorado, was burdened by paper charts that slowed clinic flow for ~100 patients weekly and ~300 surgeries annually, driving up costs for chart assembly, storage and staff time. Already using MicroMD PM for practice management, the practice chose MicroMD EMR from MicroMD to find a simpler, specialty‑appropriate electronic charting solution.

MicroMD implemented MicroMD EMR with customizable, specialty templates and integrated electronic forms—avoiding full chart scanning and keeping implementation straightforward. The change recovered more than 40 staff hours per week, cut end‑of‑day unfinished charts from about 10–15 to 2–3, enabled the practice to move to a part‑time office manager and resume bookkeeping in‑house, and streamlined physical therapy prescriptions, MRI ordering and E&M coding with automatic visit‑duration capture.

Boulder Institute for Sports Medicine

Joanne Halbrecht

Boulder Institute for Sports Medicine