The selection of the right Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software can be the deciding factor in the making or breaking of medical practice. The right EMR Software can completely revolutionize your clinic and help you provide a premium level of patient care, while on the other hand, an EMR System not suitable for your practice can disrupt your workflow and cause an extra burden on not only the staff but also the physicians.
An Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software Demonstration can help you decide if the EHR Software you are about to implement in your medical practice is even relevant to your procedures and helps you boost your workflow efficiency or further slows it down.
However, what you get from the EMR Software demo depends on the thought and preparation you put into it. The more you’re serious about, the relevant the information provided will be about the EMR/EHR or Practice Management (PM) Software.
Here are some useful and actionable tips to help you properly evaluate an EMR Software Solution through its demo, before you make the purchase and start implementing it in your medical practice.
Understand the Requirements of Your Practice
You need to be completely sure of what exactly are you looking for in the EHR Software you are about to get the demo of. Being sure of your requirements helps you ask relevant questions during the demo and clear all the doubts you might have about the EMR Software System.
Ease of Use
One question you need to ask from the EHR Demo provider is how useful or intuitive is the interface of the software. The ‘Desktop’ or the ‘Dashboard’ needs to be easy to understand for the staff to get comfortable with it easily. The easier the software is to use for the staff, the efficient your practice becomes.
Integration of Tools
The EHR System needs to integrate with other tools such as Patient Scheduling Software, or the e-Prescribing (e-Rx) Software being used at the clinic. This provides a comprehensive experience for the staff, as well as the physicians.
Efficient Messaging
Make sure to learn about the communication and messaging tools within the EHR Software in the EMR Software Demo. The faster the messaging tools are, the efficient the communication would be within the medical practice. Patients would also be able to communicate easily via a Patient Portal.
Patient Charting
The software needs to handle the creation and sharing of medical charts properly. This feature influences the usability of EMR Software for healthcare providers.
