Do you find it difficult and stressful handling a number of patients in a limited amount of time? Well relax, patient care is now easy.
With the ever increasing technological changes that are taking place around us, opting for a patient record system in a digital form is definitely going in the right direction.
Consolidating information that was earlier stored in a paper format into a digital format would not only revolutionize your practice, but will also change the medical business for the better.
An electronic health record system will help you organize patients' records efficiently.
Information will be stored through secure servers which will allow you access from different locations and faster access as well.
Doctors and medical professions who are authorized will be able to access your records.
A large amount of information that is important and crucial to a client's health can be stored in EMRs and EHRs.
Here's some information that can be stored in an electronic medical system: 1.
Your patient's medical history and demographics 2.
Any medication he is taking as well as an allergy list.
This would include any side-effects he has to certain foods and drugs as well as his immunization status.
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His/her appointment records, any cancellation he has to make and billing history 4.
Any lab test results and images such as CTs, MRIs and X-rays.
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Advanced orders that the patient requires and health powers of attorney.
Using an electronic patient record system has a number of advantages.
The main advantage is that the need of any physical storage is eliminated.
Very often it can be quite a problem storing paper records because of space issues.
The cost of materials such as film and paper is also high.
A lot of time is wasted in transporting patient files form one medical facility to another.
Going in for such a setup can save patients a lot of time and they can access their records with very little delay.
Sometime medical errors occur when paper medical records are written in handwriting that is illegible.
Forms, abbreviations, terminology and data input can be standardized thus eliminating chances of any errors.
By implementing an electronic health record system there is increased productivity and a decrease in errors.
The benefits of switching to such a setup are many.
With the use of technology the medical industry is undergoing innumerable changes which are beneficial for both doctors and patients.