Challenges faced by Healthcare sector in implementing EMR integration services

by Ashish Sharma Digital Marketing Expert

With the implementation of EMR integrations services, healthcare providers are implementing these services at an increasing rate. According to a report published, more than 73% of the US healthcare system has implemented EMR systems and maintaining records in digitized format. It is done to increase the efficiency of the system and enhancement in the productivity of the staff. There are fewer chances of errors and more accurate information at the hands of users.

 

Electronic Medical record

 

EMR stands for the electronic medical records. It is a collection of medical records in a digitized form. These records are either created in an electronic format or can be converted from paper into an online version. With EMR systems, medical information of patients can be shared among other healthcare providers by establishing a channel of the network between the systems.

 

This system records specifics of the patients, including general information, vitals of the patient, history of appointments and tests, future scheduling, past prescriptions, medical history, discharging instructions, releasing papers and also billing details.

 

Features of EMR software

 

·     Easy patient scheduling: An EMR system is capable of appointment setting abilities that render patient scheduling in an easy way and sending notification reminders to patients via email or text so that they show up on same date and time allotted to them.

 

·    Efficient Patient Workflows: This system keeps track of the patient workflows and avoids any hindrances. All the patients must be allocated time slots as available and in chronological order.

 

·      Task management abilities: EMR services facilitates the performance of a task that increases work quality and efficiency of staff tasks like setting a reminder for signing notes, giving lab results, answering patients messages.

 

·     Accelerate patient meetings: In this system, the charting process of patients is enhanced and help doctors to see more patients. It makes all health information of patients accessible anywhere and makes easy records of all medical documents of patients.

 

·  Detailed reporting: EMR system provides a detailed reporting of medical information and prepares records for easy access and for future use and keeps track of assigned tasks.

 

·    Simple and attractive interface: An efficient system is designed with simple yet effective so that doctors have to spend less time with maximum utility and increase performance quality.

 

·      24*7 access: The system can be accessed anytime and provide access to data and operable on the various system. It is compatible with various web browsers.

 

Benefits of Electronic Medical Record software

 

·      No duplication of data: Patients’ information is recorded in electronic format so there will be no duplication of data and it will reduce the risk of duplication the documents. In this way, information is synchronized and placed in a single destination.

 

·    Accurate data: EMR system is designed to store correct information and up to date medical records of patients. With less human intervention there are fewer chances of errors and increased performance.

 

·    Effective than traditional paperwork: This system is more effective than traditional paperwork because there will be no need to carry all documents everywhere and burden with physical paperwork.

 

·       No loss of records: traditionally, patients have to carry and manage all their paperwork and medical documents and carry to the physicians but EMR system manages all paperwork in electronic form and there will be a no loss of medical records of patients.

 

·   Preserved data: medical information and history is saved in these records and can be preserved for a long time. There are no chances for any theft, loss or damage in the records as everything will be saved on digital format.

 

Challenges in EMR

 

Higher cost: before planning to implement or adopt The EMR system, It is very necessary to lay out all the required for implementation. Main operational cost and hidden costs must be optimized as trained workforce will be needed to get it executed and run the hospital on this system. It is a costly deal usually for smaller organizations.

 

Training: once the system is implemented, the healthcare system will need to train the staff to use this system. The staff is required to be trained by the professionals as it is one destination for all the patient-related information. It will act as an interface between the healthcare system and patients.

 

Interoperability:  One of the major challenges in this system is whether it is operable on other systems or not. It is often seen that other healthcare systems are unable to see a file or records sent by other EMR system

 

There are numerous companies providing EMR software but SISGAIN is the perfect choice for healthcare providers for the development of healthcare software and applications. We are a team of highly skilled developers providing high-quality and feature-rich software solutions and customize as per the business needs of clients. We help business to achieve their goals by leveraging efficient applications that enhances the productivity of the organization and increase revenue. We are providing EMR software that is beneficial for the long run and delivering excellent results.  We have experts who guide us to follow regulations and Compliance of HIPAA standards in the development of medical software.

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Created on Jan 15th 2019 02:46. Viewed 996 times.

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