EMR Software Offers Innovative Tools To Help Physicians

By Harry E Selent

The electronic medical record software (EMR) component of Medisoft EMR Clinical is a proven EMR software that has helped thousands of practices like yours provide exceptional quality of care while improving financial performance.

Medisoft EMR Software " A Comprehensive EMR Solution at an Affordable Price. McKesson now offers Medisoft Clinical as part of its most recent Medisoft release. Medisoft Clinical provides total functionality in practice management and electronic medical records (PM/EMR) management software. By combining the powerful practice management tools of Medisoft v15 with a convenient, comprehensive EMR management tool at a price that's affordable even for small medical offices like yours, you'll have access to innovative and hassle-free practice automation.

This comprehensive PM/EMR program provides the very best tools for completing critical medical office tasks including: *Automated population of patient personal information to avoid redundant data entry; *The ability to alert nursing staff in the exam room when a patient is ready to be seen; *The ability to create a superbill that automatically includes ICD-9 and CPT-4 codes derived from information taken from the provider's SOAP notes.

Like many offices, your practice likely uses McKesson's Medisoft practice management (PM) system, or some other type of software to automate scheduling, billing, and accounts receivable tasks. Now you can take your management system to the next level by incorporating the electronic medical record (EMR) management system software included in Medisoft Clinical. This total practice solution will allow you to eliminate nearly all paper in your practice for maximum efficiency, substantial cost savings, and improved quality of patient care.

High level efficiency: Medisoft Clinical is set apart from other EMR systems as a result of its unique design that automates completion of the entire chart from a progress note. When information like drugs, lab results, and vital signs is added to the note, the rest of the chart will automatically be updated.

Documentation tools adapt to the providers' style and offer a choice of data entry methods including: templates, speech recognition, transcription, digital pen, dictation, Web-based patient data entry.

A comprehensive and easy-to-understand dashboard provides easy access to all important information, including messages, incoming test results, and daily patient schedules. All of this information is easily visible in one place. What's more, a review bin allows for quick viewing of notes, documents, and lab results. Physicians can quickly see past-due orders and track all orders by patient, status, and expected result turn-around time. For added convenience, incoming results will automatically update the order status.

Quality performance " Medisoft Clinical gives you everything you need within easy reach to provide the best possible patient care. Its complete knowledge base offers: -Web-based access to hundreds of disease and prescription protocols; -A broad selection of progress note templates for both primary and specialty care applications; -Tailored health protocols specific to a patient's age, sex, disease history, medications taken, and other patient-specific parameters.

Ensure safety: Electronic prescribing (via SureScripts and RxHub) improves patient safety and speeds new prescription and refill workflow. Physicians and other providers use thousands of prescription templates and a comprehensive database of drug costs and checks " drug interaction, drug/allergy, drug/disease, drug/diagnosis " in addition to proactive dose advice.

Provider tools: Note analysis for optimal coding using a quality coding adviser for Evaluation and Management codes referencing both the'95 and'97 CMS Documentation Guidelines. Text loading capability for filling in the entire patient chart including the problem list, medications list, patient medical history, and vital signs. Correct placement of partial visit dictation transcriptions within the proper position in the note. Chart summary import and export capabilities in CCD and CCR formats. Easy interface with other medical offices' EMR systems, or with a patient's personal health record. Easy updating of chart sections while importing data, with the ability to keep a complete copy of the imported document. The ability to customize chart views based on provider preferences and specialty areas for charts, chart summaries, and flow charts. - 29875

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