EMR – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2010
EMR – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
In today’s ever growing world of medical care needs and options, it is more important than ever to have the ability to share the medical health information of patients on a national level and abroad. Electronic Medical Records (EMR), as the newer trend in medical records keeping, carries with it much promise for the future of medical care here at home, and around the world. There are several potential benefits to the physician’s practice, the hospital, and the patient by being part of such a system.
There is no better way to ensure that a patient’s medical needs are being met in the best manner possible than to participate and have access to a database of evidence based medicine. Many times a patient simply cannot get well despite receiving the very best care available through their personal physician. Even in cases where a physician uses a computerized practice management system, if that system does not take advantage of the hoards of clinical data input available via EMR, then the patient is likely to miss out on what could be life-saving treatment. While this is no fault of the physician or the hospital, it is unfortunate nonetheless.
When a hospital or physician’s office steps up from paper files to a computerized practice management system, they’ve obviously taken advantage of an electronic system of sorts; however, this is primarily of assistance within the office itself, or the hospital, as the case may be. Such programs are beneficial to the particular company regarding their records-keeping, billing, contact information, etc. The practice management software alone guards against such common errors as non-legible handwriting regarding patient treatment or prescribed medicines for instance. Contact information is easily accessible with the touch of a button. A practice management system by itself however, cannot deliver the sheer volume of information available in the world today- not even on a national level. The good news is that the use of a practice management system in conjunction with utilization of an EMR database is possible. Most practice management softwares are-or can be, with a little engineering- compatible with EMR systems in general, greatly benefitting not just the practice, but the patient also.
The absolute mobility of information available when using an EMR system has the potential of making everyone’s job easier and the information they’re producing more tangible and reliable- both in the short term, and in the long run. Information from the patient to the medical staff to the doctor, then to the pharmacist and his/her technicians, to the patient. When the need is static accuracy and wealth of knowledge for the benefit of the patient (most important), EMR can deliver this for the benefit of everyone involved.
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