Electronic Medical Record Vendor

With a majority of physicians now reporting some use of electronic medical record (EMR) technologyⁱ, many practices are seeking an electronic medical record vendor to deploy an EMR system. While there are many electronic medical record vendor choices available today, many vendors offer complex systems that require both a large capital investment upfront and a significant investment in IT resources to install and manage the application. For the smaller medical practice or independent clinician without resources to invest in such a medical records program, an electronic medical record vendor offers a more affordable alternative.

Learn more about the benefits of a Web based electronic medical record vendor.

An electronic medical record vendor offers fast startup and affordable monthly fees.

Rather than selling software, an electronic medical record vendor provides a service online, making digital medical records applications available through a website. Physicians and administrators can access medical records from the practice, the hospital or any remote location. With no hardware or software to purchase, the cost of transitioning to EMR technology is minimal, and the practice pays only a monthly subscription fee for access to the software. Since there is nothing to install, startup is fast and easy. And because data is stored on servers at the vendor's offsite data center, information and medical records are afforded a higher level of security than if they were kept on servers within the practice.

GE Healthcare – a leading vendor of electronic records and medical office software.

As a leading healthcare IT vendor, GE Healthcare has developed a wide range of IT products, including Centricity Advance, a leading EMR and healthcare practice management software solution. Centricity Advance combines Web based electronic medical records with electronic medical billing software and tools to manage the practice more efficiently – including a patient self-service portal – for a comprehensive IT solution for the smaller medical practice. With Centricity Advance, the smaller practice can:

• Deploy and utilize electronic medical record technology to help provide physicians with better and faster access to patient records, coordinate care more effectively among multiple providers, check for drug interaction and drug allergy information more quickly, and help improve the overall quality of care.
• Manage the practice more efficiently by streamlining operations, automating tasks and getting more work done with fewer people.
• Give patients access to their medical information via a patient portal where they can go online to schedule appointments, view records and test results and communicate securely with their physician.

Learn more about Centricity Advance from GE Healthcare, a leading electronic medical record vendor.

ⁱ"Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Systems of Office-based Physicians: United States, 2009 and Preliminary 2010 State Estimates," National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Dec. 8, 2010