Achieve Meaningful Use with a Small Practice EMR Solution - Centricity Advance

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Centricity Advance Meets the Challenge

To achieve the priorities and goals of Meaningful Use, communication and interoperability will occur across multiple points in the healthcare ecosystem. This requires electronic information exchange and improved communication about patient status and outcomes among providers, patients, and care facilities. As one of the first products to be certified by an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB), Centricity Advance provides the tools needed to accomplish these goals. The following table highlights Centricity Advance’s capabilities.

Quality metrics and reporting	In 2011, reporting will be by attestation. GE Healthcare is currently developing reporting tools for Centricity Advance reporting tools that support the ARRA reporting requirements. For 2012, CMS has proposed to require electronic submission from the EHR through the PQRI XML format, GE Healthcare has the proposed 2012 capabilities needed for certification.
ePrescribing	The latest release of Centricity Advance includes sophisticated ePrescribing at no additional monthly charge to help customers meet all currently defined ARRA requirements for ePrescribing.
Interfaces	Centricity Advance supports the current standards-based lab and immunization registry interfaces. GE Healthcare will work with customers to identify their specific connectivity needs.
Interoperability	Centricity Advance uses standards-based interoperability approaches that rely on such standards as HL7 and CCD.
Patient and family engagement	Customers have multiple options for sharing health information with patients. In addition to the ability to generate Continuity of Care Documents, GE Healthcare offers Internet-based Patient Portal and secure messaging email solutions as two options that can increase patient access and satisfaction while improving communication with staff and providers.
Computerized Physician Order Entry	Centricity Advance provides CPOE functionality for ease of order submission and tracking of test results.
Clinical decision support	Centricity Advance provides functionality for clinical decision support rules, and rules can be customized to meet the needs of most specialties.

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Accessibility Statement

Centricity Advance from GE Healthcare combines emr electronic medical record (EMR) technology, medical practice management tools and a patient portal into a single solution. Designed for the smaller medical practice and independent clinician, Centricity Advance is a web based EMR solution, providing a more affordable and flexible alternative to traditional EMR systems and client/server EMR solutions. Certified as a complete 2011/2012 EHR solution for Meaningful Use Stage 1, Centricity Advance can help practitioners demonstrate meaningful use of electronic medical software.