Imagine a paperless medical practice environment – All your medical records stored safely in one place and easily accessible; no losing file sheets or taking care of paperwork, not to mention the thousands of dollars you save in time and effort!
That’s what we promise to do for you with Medicalsoftware.com’s MedAppz. Electronic Medical Records Software (also known Electronic Health Records) is an electronic document containing a patient’s health details. The software which enables the creation, updation and retrieval of EHRs allows the physician’s clinic to function pretty much like a paperless office.
With EMR, the physician has the advantage of managing patient details from a centralized console with minimum effort, increasing the productivity of the entire consultation process right from scheduling an appointment to the final report. It also means saving a lot of time and effort that is usually spent duplicating the entire process when the patient lands up for another visit. Billing and managing receivables too now become an easy task, with the exact service details being available whenever they are required. And from a patient’s point of view, no more deciphering the physician’s famously illegible handwriting!
Most EMR applications are designed with features capable of handling the various stages of the medical practice process management. Medappz is one such application with a range of features in its integrated EMR MedAppz iSuite Software suite. The features, developed with inputs from physicians themselves, include appointment management, recording patient information, diagnostics and prescription, billing and claim management.
Further, the Medappz suite is available as a service, where the application is hosted at a central location on the Web. Physicians can use the software without the hassles of software installation/ maintenance, expensive IT infrastructure and technical resources, simply by means of a secure login access code. Medappz will also periodically back up your data to avoid data loss and allow future access. Thus the technical process tasks will be dealt with completely and efficiently, and the physician can spend quality time on the actual consultation.
By: Kirsten E. Silven
The ability to automate various office tasks is one of the greatest benefits to using electronic medical records (EMR) software. Not only does automation pay off financially for medical practices due to lower maintenance and operation costs, but it also increases efficiency and reduces the likelihood for human error. Here are some of the areas EMR software can help streamline operations and make your office run more smoothly:
Billing
The billing component of EMR software efficiently records all payments, both due and overdue, and will automatically send out reminders to patients who owe money, eliminating the need for a person to do so. This not only frees up employees to focus on more important tasks, like giving attention to patients, but it also virtually eliminates careless mistakes. And it takes just a fraction of the time that is required to send invoices manually.
Access
EMR software ensures that selected staff members automatically have access to the most up to date information for each patient. This is a critical component of proper medical care, but it can often difficult to implement in offices that are still using outdated paper recordkeeping methods. EMR allow everyone to view the most recently updated treatment plans, test results and all other patient-related data, eliminating the chance that new information could be overlooked.
Appointments
Follow-up appointments are often a critical part of treatment, but too many patients fail to schedule a return visit, simply because they are not reminded of the need to come in for a checkup. EMR software can automatically remind patients of appointments, and also makes updated calendars available to all staff members, taking the guesswork out of scheduling and eliminating errors.
Prescriptions
Electronic medical records software makes it possible to send a prescription electronically even faster than it takes to write one out on paper. Sending prescriptions using EMR software is also safer and more secure, since it is sent directly to the pharmacy instead of being hand carried by the patient, where it can all too easily be lost, stolen or misread. In addition, refills can be automated and physicians can choose how many refills a patient is authorized to receive, saving time for doctors, office staff, pharmacy staff and patients.
Patient Care
Staff members should have easy, immediate access to enter, monitor and record a patient’s vital signs using EMR software, giving patients the chance to receive accurate ongoing care and immediate attention in times of need. Physicians can also easily create charts that show either a particular patient’s overall health and medical history, or a wider demographic reading for larger groups of patients. This unprecedented access to data allows doctors to spot trends and evaluate the health of patients in a whole new way.
With EMR software, the sky (or the imagination) is the limit when it comes to the many ways it can help to revolutionize the healthcare industry. Not only are electronic health records good for patients, but they also can help physicians easily and accurately automate mundane tasks, freeing up valuable resources to be used where they are needed the most.
The implementation of Electronic Medical Records might not be so easy as it sounds. The department of Health and Human Services has come up with a $60 Million research program to make sure that the implementation of EMR happens. This funding will be used for “focused research” where breakthrough advances in technology are required for meaningful use of Healthcare IT. Implementation of Electronic Medical Records software is an important aspect discussed by President Obama. The HHS department hopes that the $60 Million research program will be able to iron out issues with EMR implementation.
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Much buzz is swirling around about the government’s healthcare technology stimulus money. Nineteen billion to be more specific. What’s the money for? Well, it’s for you of course! At least if you’re a doctor and a Medicare or Medicaid provider. “The man” would like you to purchase an EMR (Electronic Medical Records)software. If you do you can receive up to $64,000.00 for doing so. Sound good? Yes it does. Don’t forget the number goes down the longer you wait and if you wait too long you may be the one giving the money to the government instead of getting it.
So what is the point in all of this? Is this just another waste of stimulus money? Quite the contrary actually. This idea of all physicians using EMR will benefit the A) Doctor B) patient as well as C) our health care system!
A) The Doctor: Imagine doc if you will, Patient X comes to you with a problem. You have never seen patient X before because he just moved here to Los Angeles from other side of the world, Georgia. So you truly know nothing about him other than what he tells you that is. Now you can rely on patient X and diagnose with caution or type in patient X to your nifty EMR and there he is! Patient X in all his glory. Previous complaints, diagnosis, x-rays ………. Everything since he was a wee lad in Georgia. You see Doctor in the long run, being connected aside from being incredibly organized can help you make better decisions! Which if I may add doesn’t just help you but also…………………………………
B) The Patient: That’s right. If the Doctor is making better decisions you win! Faster diagnosis means your doctor will be able to notice patterns and treat accordingly. Also, why shouldn’t you, the patient have a right to a copy of your full medical history?! Now you will (Of course your doctor may charge small fee) be able to attain copies of your medical records as well. So I win. You win. What about……………
C) Our Healthcare System: Good question! Well you may not realize that all the cures for various illnesses and diseases that we have now have all been achieved through extensive research. A lot of this research is funded by the government and who funds the government? You do! Can you imagine the positive effect this will have on research and studies? It’s incredible. We’ll be able to notice trends in different geographic areas. Why is everybody getting asthma in Smokey, Oklahoma? Or why are there so many people with bad skin in Acne, Missouri? While keeping it light, you see where I’m going. We can track illnesses by age group, weight, ethnicity geographic location etc. So this EMR, while beneficial the doctor and the patient also aids our healthcare system in their research which inevitably help us all.
Mandatory EMR?…………… Not a bad idea!