How does an EHR help in practice workflows?

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EHRs

• An Electronic Health Record (EHR) system helps a practice in more than one ways

• From improving its workflows, cash flow, flow of patients, achieving Meaningful Use to saving time and meeting regulatory requirements, an EHR system does a lot

• There are many other features of an EHR which help a practice in its workflows

Features of EHR

• Increased patient volume– Physicians are able to save a lot of time by using an EHR

system and can therefore see more patients in a shorter amount of time

• Achieving Meaningful Use– Practices which are using certified EHR systems can attest

for Meaningful Use and if they meet the criteria, can qualify to receive incentive payments from the government

Features of EHR

• Improved care quality– Practices are able to deliver better care quality with the

help of EHR software, embedded knowledgebase and workflow editor

• Electronic charting– The usage of paper is reduced to almost zero. Physicians

can electronically enter all patient vitals, lab results, radiology images, consultation letters and even voice files into the system

Features of EHR

• Time saving– Physicians can enter data in a very simplified manner,

thereby reducing tasking and transactions. They are also able to eliminate redundant data entry with duplication checks and merging features

• Accelerate collections– Physicians are able to accelerate collections with online

eligibility checks, intelligent billing, claim checks and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Features of EHR

• Electronic lab orders– Lab orders can be electronically transmitted and results

received through the usage of an EHR system. Decision making is simplified with automated filling, flagging, tracking and trending

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