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Not only do the benefits make the transition to EMR a wise decision, it is likely that the demands of federal compliance will soon make it a mandate.

Improved patient care

According to leading health care experts, instituting an EMR may be the most important contribution physicians can make to improve the quality of patient care in the following ways:

  • Overall improved chart quality
  • Reduced medical errors (including errors due to poor legibility of handwriting)
  • Up-to-date patient histories enable physicians to more accurately prescribe and administer medication
  • Accessible, complete clinical information and best practices in physicians’ hands at the point of care facilitate correct diagnoses
  • Automatically generated reminders for physicians and patients help to ensure that appointments and medication times are not easily overlooked
  • Expanded health promotion, prevention and maintenance activities are facilitated

Improved productivity

While physicians have made every effort to reduce expenses within the current reimbursement environment, employing EMR technology is one of the best ways to streamline operations and increase efficiency for the following reasons:

  • EMR saves time locating charts and copying requested medical records
  • Approximately 2.5 full-time employees per physician are needed compared to an industry average of 4
  • Improved workflow with more than one person able to access a patient’s chart at once
  • Reduced paperwork and avoidance of duplicative writing
  • Streamlined health transactions through prompt electronic billing and greater ease in both invoicing and payment
  • Enhanced communications
  • Increased physician productivity

Increased revenue

Practices can realize significant improvements in revenue resulting from savings in the following areas:

  • Thorough documentation of clinical services
  • Decreases in lost revenue with confident, accurate coding and better reimbursement
  • Increased services rendered due to health maintenance reminders
  • Increased physician productivity
  • Fewer chart materials purchased
  • Elimination of medical record storage costs
  • Lowered or eliminated transcription costs
  • Better control of patient care costs by reducing redundancy and needless duplication of clinical services
  • General reduction in overhead costs and operational expenses
  • Practices are prepared to participate in pay-for-performance and other provider incentive programs

To fully realize all of the benefits an EMR can provide, it is essential that physicians choose the system that is right for their practices.