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Electronic Medical Records is the inevitable next step in the continued progress of healthcare. Successfully implementing an EMR allows a practice to replace its paper charts, offering tremendous productivity and efficiency benefits. An EMR is one of the best business and quality of care investments that a practice can make.
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Top Ten Reasons to Adopt an EMR
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Although a practice purchases an EMR for many reasons, the number one feature of an EMR is chart management; most significantly there is never a lost chart.
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Better Documentation
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An EMR can help doctors create legible progress notes that are thoroughly documented. An EMR can also assist in coding.
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Improved Quality of Care
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An EMR greatly improves the quality of care that physicians provide by allowing easy and organized access to critical patient data.
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Cost Reduction
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| An EMR can help a practice cut down on the staff to provider ratio and in some cases even lower malpractice insurance. Some examples include: |
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Increased Revenue
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| An EMR can boost a physicians productivity, which can allow more patients to be seen per day. Some other revenue enhancements are: |
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Universal Access to Data
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An EMR allows physicians access to important information from nearly any computer. Charts can be accessed from home or the hospital. Multiple staff members can view the same chart at the same time.
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Better Security
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An EMR can come with multiple security levels and it often uses the most advanced security technology to protect patient data.
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Faster Retrieval of Information
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An EMR allows instant access to all patient data such as past progress notes, lab data, and medications.
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Automatic Reminders
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Am EMR can remind physicians that a patient is overdue for a test, it can check for drug and allergy interactions, and it can flag over due lab results.
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Compliance With Regulations
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| An EMR can help a practice comply with increasingly complex health laws and requirements. |
