We all know that Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software has revolutionized the healthcare industry. It has changed the way physicians treat their patients, it has changed the way patients and their physicians interact. It has improved the standards of quality in healthcare and has clearly took it to a higher level.
Using an EMR software in your medical practice can improve patient care in numerous ways. Some of these ways are mentioned below:
Keeping Medical Records Secure
With the help of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, you can keep the patient health records safe and secure on a password-protected system. This system can be a PC, a laptop, a tablet or any smart handheld device that supports EMR software. On the other hand, using a paper to record patient data has many risks. It can lead to forgery, damage, and even loss of important healthcare data of the patients. So, keeping the healthcare data on an EMR software is the best and secure way of recording patient information.
Better Decision Making
A well-kept patient record helps doctors and practitioners make better decisions during the treatment. An EMR is a software used to maintain patient histories and take better decisions with the help of it, which results in increased patient care.
Relief to both Physicians and Patients
Paper-based health records are extremely difficult to handle. It takes a lot of time to find the record and hand it over to the physician. But using EMRs, the doctors can search the records with a single click and save the time spent in searching them physically. This gives a relief to both patients and their physicians.
e-Prescriptions (e-Rx)
The hand-written prescriptions can be unsafe for the patients. Drugs which have similar spellings or have a difference of few alphabets are likely to confuse the pharmacist and can result in handing over of wrong during. On the other hand, e-Prescribing (e-Rx) is an electronic way of giving prescriptions through an EMR software. The prescriptions are sent directly to the pharmacies recommended by the patients and it completely eliminates the chance of giving wrong medication.
Patient Access to Health Records
The Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) software, not only provide health records access to doctors, but also to the patients. This eases access of records in faster and simpler way and is really helpful when a patient is at a different location with a different physician. A patient portal with in the EMR software can be accessed by the physician as well as the patient anywhere at any time through a device connected to the internet.
Patient Satisfaction
A practice with messy and cluttered papers and mismanagement gives a very bad impression of the physician as well as the practice. A top EMR software eliminates these issues, makes the practice paperless, smoothens and streamlines the practice and leave a good impression to the patients and increases their satisfaction with the treatment.
