I think all healthcare practices should implement Electronic
Medical Records (EMR). Did you know that wait times in America are a huge issue?
The average wait time is 24 minutes in a doctor’s office and 4 hours in a
hospital emergency room. Electronic Medical Records could help cut these wait
time as well as save cost and deliver quality care.
When checking-in to a doctor’s office or visiting the
emergency rooms the ease for patients will one day be with the swipe of their
finger print or a magnetic card. Being
able to check-in this way, moving patients from paper work to a computer system,
creates great efficiencies for patient and healthcare staff. Having
the storage capabilities online to find you information with a click of a
button will help cut wait times. However, becoming more efficient is not the
only benefit. For the patient, access to speedy and good care becomes easier
and safer when records can be effortlessly shared with just a few clicks over
the internet. Having a electronic medical record with important medical
information; such as allergies, blood type, prescription drugs, medical
conditions and history in a flash for the physician will help him deliver safe and
immediate treatment. In case of an emergency having electronic medical records
will help cut human error having your medical history readily available for any
healthcare executive making it easy to save your life.
Having the patient information easily ready for the doctor
or nurse may help reduce excessive treatments or stop second opinion testing
that may not be needed for the patient. Another way EMR will help save money
for the practice will be on office supplies; paper, file folders, ink, staples,
white out and any other common office materials, along with cost of labor and
space.
I think that Electronic Medical Records are the wave of the
future. Granted it may be costly at first for doctors and their practice, but
in the long run the cost will be outweighed by the benefits, it will save patients
time and cost and help in delivering quality healthcare.
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