Using web based EMR software will help you keep your startup costs to the minimum. Added to that, web-based EMR software requires no investment in upgraded hardware. Thus, your IT maintenance costs will come down drastically with web-based EMR software.

Hardware Requirements

As you do not need client side servers with web based applications, you will enjoy massive reductions in operating expenditures. Added to the cost savings, the EMR data is simply more accessible with web based solutions. Physicians can access the medical records from any part of the world, and with a mobile application, it is even possible for physicians to access EMR data when they are on the move. This is not the case with desktop applications.

Mobile phones are no more just a mere communication instrument – today, they can be used in the life-saving field of medicine. Our Atreya EMR software can be integrated with all the latest mobile phones, including iPhones, iPads, Blackberries, and more. To give an example, teams all over the world can collaborate on a single patient’s condition in real time.

Brand Identity Creation For Medical Practices

The healthcare industry is one of the world’s most lucrative industries, as companies in this niche generate the highest revenue in the world. Brand identity of the healthcare company is considered a very crucial factor in staying on top and remaining profitable. Some of the important factors worth noting include brand relationships, brand culture, brand vision, brand positioning, and more.

If you are striving hard to establish your brand as the most trusted brand in the healthcare industry, our Atreya EMR software can help you reach your goal. Our software will assist you in establishing a trusted relationship with your patients, and help your medical practice become easily accessible to them. This results in exceptional brand loyalty and positive word of mouth on your patient’s part.

The casual / blanket use of this fairly specific term to describe any software tool used in patient care overlooks the functionality promised by true electronic medical records. One of the easiest ways to illustrate the differences is to first visualize a traditional paper chart for comparison purposes:

Paper Medical Records / Electronic Medical Records

A paper patient record is identified by name, some kind of medical record number, and other identifiers that make it easier to find in the filing system. An EMR provides distinct identifying information for each patient, and identifiers to locate the digital record among any number of other records.

Paper charts typically contain demographic and insurance information, along with a list of medical problems, medications, and allergies. These must be readily updated and should stay current and accurate. An EMR maintains this information, and shares any updated information wherever it is needed. The big difference is the workflow – i.e.: when updated insurance information is provided, that information is automatically passed to billing, reducing the need for duplicate data entry. In addition, clinical information, such as problem lists and medication lists, are readily updated without duplicate data entry, so that changing medications within the charting application automatically updates the patient’s medication list everywhere.

A paper medical record contains office or progress notes in chronological sequence. These are “browsed” by literally flipping through pages, until the desired entry is located. This can take a LOT of time.

Progress notes in a traditional paper record might be produced by dictation/transcription, free handwriting (hopefully, neat handwriting), or form completion. An EMR stores progress notes and provides quick access by date of visit, provider, or other search criteria and the ability to browse by diagnosis and prescription. A fully-functional EMR automatically creates the progress notes as the visit is produced.

Laboratory and radiology reports, as well as correspondence, are filed in more or less chronological order. Access to specific entries is no more efficient than it is with progress notes. An EMR stores reports in any number of ways to provide rapid access and quick reference, such as scanned images, direct lab result posting, even on-line lab information applications. Using common demographic and identifying information, access to specific lab results or other patient reports is highly efficient and useable.

If a paper chart is filed correctly in the medical records system, a staff member must go to the stacks of charts and, using some quick identifier code, locate the correct last name. The first name is located and confirmed, and then the chart is “pulled”, but not before a placeholder is inserted, in order to 1) make re-filing easier and 2) record where the chart is headed.

The issues surrounding finding a chart that is “out” somewhere, or has been incorrectly filed, are easily imagined.            After all – there’s only one chart – what if two people need it at the same time? Or it gets lost? Oops.

An electronic chart is never lost, out, or misfiled. It is always exactly where it should be, even if you aren’t. That is to say that an electronic record may be accessed from any point in a healthcare facility that has access to medical records. Plus, it can be accessed by multiple people if needed.

In a paper chart system, a healthcare provider typically writes a paper prescription for the patient to take to a pharmacy. There are often one (or more) added steps, such as:

1.            Consulting a reference for the commonly prescribed drugs for a given condition

2.            Verifying the prescription form or strength

3.            Verifying the patient’s allergy status

4.            Checking for potential drug interactions

Electronic medical records (with robust clinical decision support) offer reference information regarding optimal treatment, such as treatment guidelines or “best practice” standards. An EMR with prescription writing capability performs the allergy and drug interaction checking, or at least provides a quick reference for manually checking, when the desired drug is selected. This happens automatically.

In addition, an EMR with electronic prescribing capability can send the prescription to a designated pharmacy directly, while at the same time documenting the prescribing process and updating the patient’s medication. Neat, huh?

Non-Monetary Benefits of EMRs

What non-monetary benefits can you expect from the clinical and workflow automation of an EMR?

• The most obvious is better efficiency. You can practice higher quality patient care – and demonstrate better outcomes – with integrated evidence-based ‘best practices’ guidelines, automated drug allergy and interaction checking, and included patient education hand-outs.

• You will decrease malpractice exposure with better documentation and built-in clinical decision support.

• Eliminate repetitive manual tasks, such as writing easily-lost post-it notes and charts.

• Here’s a great one: you will have fun practicing medicine again! The charting experience with Chart proves to be fun and refreshing, not a chore.

• Reduce time that’s otherwise wasted on the phone waiting for authorizations and checking eligibility (ugh… that was painful just to write.)

• Automatically generate ‘health cards’ with problem lists and current medications for your patients to carry in their wallet. ER physicians and patients alike appreciate the health summary.

• Increase patient privacy.

• Access charts immediately, anytime, anywhere.

• Create a happier, less-stressed clinical and billing staff.

• You’ll regain control of your practice, your patients, and your life.

And a bonus: Use the 12 weeks of time gained per year through office efficiencies to do with as you see fit. Avoid burnout with a mental health holiday, or use the time savings generated to see more patients and generate more net income. The choice is yours, but the time saved is very real.