Digital Medical Records

Digital medical records (also called electronic medical records or EMR) are fast becoming the norm in medical practices, with more than 50 percent of physicians reporting adoption of some form of digital recordsⁱ. This trend is due in part to the many benefits these records offer physicians and patients. Digital records more easily allow patient medical information to be available when and where it is needed, such as at the point of decision-making, rather than locked away in an office or filing cabinet. Digital medical records can consolidate a patient's health information in a single place and provide physicians with current information on medical history, medications, immunizations, lab reports, demographics and more. Digital medical records help simplify billing, patient follow-up, prescription refills, alerts and reminders and other medical and administrative tasks. Ultimately, digital records can help improve patient care, support physician decision-making and streamline administrative tasks.

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Smaller practices require unique digital medical records solutions.

When seeking to implement digital or electronic medical records, smaller medical practices may face some significant obstacles. While there are a number of solutions, many are designed for hospitals or larger practices and are likely too costly and complex for the smaller practice to purchase and manage. To aid the independent physician and smaller practices, GE Healthcare has developed Centricity Advance, a web-based EMR solution for digital medical records that also includes medical office software and patient portal functionality in an affordable and easy-to-implement package.

GE Healthcare Centricity Advance: a digital solution for medical records and practice management.

With Centricity Advance online EMR software, smaller medical practices can transition to digital medical records more easily and affordably, often finishing implementation and training in less than six weeks.

Centricity Advance allows you to:

• Document patient information quickly. Centricity Advance provides several ways to quickly capture patient data, including simple forms, structured text, templates, a Symptom Bar and more.
• Access information easily. Within seconds you can search and find data that includes a patient's medical history, lab results, current medications and more.
• Make more informed decisions. Centricity Advance puts patient data, medical literature, drug interaction information and much more right at your fingertips, so you can make more informed decisions.
• Support preventive care. Analyze your patient database to identify patients at risk for a variety of medical conditions.
• Refill prescriptions quickly. Refill patient prescriptions in seconds, electronically delivering orders to patients' pharmacies.
• Show meaningful use. Centricity Advance is certified as a Complete EHR by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), which may allow healthcare providers to qualify for financial incentives for adopting and using digital medical records.

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ⁱU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): "Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2008 and Preliminary 2009" http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/emr_ehr/emr_ehr.htm

ⁱⁱCentricity Advance version 10.1 (certification # CC-1112-470465-1) was certified as a Complete EHR on October 1, 2010 and meets the following clinical quality measures: NQF 0013, NQF 0024, NQF 0028, NQF 0031, NQF 0034, NQF 0038, NQF 0041, NQF 0064, NQF 0421