Electronic Health Records Software
Electronic Health Records (EHR), also commonly called Electronic Medical Records (EMR), is quickly becoming commonplace among hospitals and private practices. Electronic Health Records software has many benefits, while most benefits center around the elimination of the paper chart:
- Chart Room. By making a paper chart digital, a practice can turn the physical space of a chart room into offices, or additional rooms for exams, procedures, imaging equipment, labs, or other revenue generating spaces.
- Managing Paper. Many practices spend countless hours of staff time looking for, moving, and managing paper charts. By digitizing the medical record, this process is streamlined and costs are eliminated. Additional cost savings are realized by the elimination of the paper, printers, toner, and other physical costs of the paper world.
- Archived Records. Medical practices are required to keep patients' medical record for 7 years in most states. Storing an inactive patient's chart offsite is a common practice. This cost is eradicated by storing the records electronically.
There are additional benefits of a complete electronic health records system, which both ChartLogic EMR and ChartLogic iAchieve EMR include:
- Best Practices. By incorporating a template based medical office software, a medical practice can ensure that all providers are meeting the required points of documentation and procedure.
- E&M Compliance. Both of ChartLogic's template-based EMRs allow the practice to match the template to an E&M consultant tool to ensure the code chosen matches the requirements for E&M coding levels.
- Increased Reimbursement. The E&M coding tool can also suggest ways to correctly up-code your note to a higher level, increasing reimbursement.
- Efficient Charting. Using templates allows the doctor to complete documentation quickly. By templating common words or phrases, the documentation is fast, consistent, accurate, and complete.
For additional information about one of ChartLogic's EHR Solutions, click one of the products above or view a comparison chart.