Electronic Medical Record Management

The use of electronic medical records (EMR) is on the rise in the U.S., and the demand for technology to simplify electronic medical record management is increasing as well. Superior electronic medical record management can deliver many benefits for the medical practice, including:

• Making patient health data more easily accessible
• Consolidating patient medical information into a single up-to-date record to support better health care decisions and improve care coordination
• Simplifying communication with patients
• Improving practice efficiency by simplifying the management of patient records, minimizing transcription tasks, and improving billing accuracy

Effective electronic medical record management can also have financial rewards for the medical practice. The federal government has offered financial incentives to medical practices and practitioners that can demonstrate meaningful use of electronic record technology, in order to help speed the transition from paper to electronic medical record systems.

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Smaller practices can rely on web based electronic medical record management.

While larger practices and healthcare organizations can select from a wide variety of electronic medical record management solutions, the smaller practice and independent clinician have fewer options. Many EMR management solutions are fairly costly to purchase, install and maintain, requiring the kind of capital investment and IT team that the smaller practice just can't afford. For these practices, a web based electronic medical record management software solution offers an affordable alternative. Web based EMR solutions involve no purchase or installation of electronic health record software – the applications are available online for a monthly subscription fee. Physicians access online EMR records via any computer, from any location and at any time. In addition security of patient data is very high, as data typically resides at an offsite data center with state-of-the-art security features.

Centricity Advance is a complete solution for electronic records, patient portal and medical practice management.

As a leading healthcare technology and electronic medical record vendor, GE has developed Centricity® Advance specifically to fill the needs of the smaller medical practice. Centricity Advance combines electronic medical record management software with medical management software and a patient portal to provide the smaller practice with a complete management solution. Centricity Advance has been certified by the federal government as a complete EHR management technology, enabling practices to use this innovative solution to demonstrate EHR meaningful use and qualify for financial incentives.

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