EMR: Improving Service Efficiency Though Proper Management

EMR: Improving Service Efficiency Though Proper Management

The implementation of the automated EMR (electronic medical records) has profoundly increased the efficiency of the workflow in terms of delivering efficient healthcare services to the members of the public. The EMR allows interrelationship among the personnel of the different department in the facility, through constant and unblocked communication, resulting in the delivery of fast and effective medical and nursing services. The chances of the patients to get better faster are dependent on how the services are offered. The quicker and the more efficient the service is, the faster will the patient recover.
In any business setting, the most important thing to consider is how the services are made available to the customers, especially if the business is a hospital or a healthcare facility which deals in life and death situations. The medical service can be considered efficient if the personnel are prompt in responding to the needs of the patients. But how is it possible to offer prompt and efficient services to the patients when the personnel are tied up with paper works (documentation, transcribing doctors’ orders)?
Notice how most of the large tertiary and learning hospitals in the country are efficient in their work? This is because they are using EMR software. The EMR does not only allow the administrative staff to keep record of all the health records and activities, but it also upholds the facility’s ability to manage work properly. This is made possible as the EMR allows proper documentation, provision of quality services and storage of medical records easily.
The quality of care being rendered to the patients is all related to how efficient the staffs are in providing medical services. Any health institution that are not prompt in responding or addressing the problems of its patients will be questioned in their credibility to offer such services. For that matter, hospitals and healthcare facilities have implemented the use of the automated EMR in their system. As it allows better and uninterrupted communication among departments and provides a legible view of the patients’ medical records. The EMR also prevents the occurrence of errors among the medical and nursing staff as the EMR is customized to cater not just the needs of the patients but also the staff who are the providers of care. Nurse’s notes and transcription of the doctor’s orders are made easy with the EMR. It also prevents the likelihood of committing errors as the EMR is customized with alerts that prompts the physician or the nurse if an erroneous data is entered or if the patient has developed an untoward reaction to the drug as stated in his past medical records.
The EMR software can adapt to the growing needs of quality and efficient medical services today, that’s why having an EMR software integrated in the healthcare setting is a must. The EMR does not only benefit the institution from increased return of revenues but the patient as well. Provision of healthcare services is done more efficiently and much faster compared to the conventional paper-based medical records system..
From immediate medical services to efficient documentation to proper dispensing of prescription medications, to increase in revenues, the EMR is indeed a useful tool in maintaining the success of the health facility in terms of saving and preserving lives.