Rheumatology EHR Buyers Guide—Pick the Right Program for Long Term Success
You live in the 21st century where consumers can demand the best products and services in the industry. Why? Because technology develops so quickly and makes so much more possible.
Developments also brought us the internet which places information about technology at everyone’s fingertips. Therefore: Your rheumatology patients know exactly what modern tech can give them in terms of medical treatment.
Are you set up to give them what they expect?
Here’s one way of ensuring you’re the preferred medical expert they turn to in your community: Help them with the best Rheumatology EHR the market has.
The Key Features of Quality EHR Programs
Luckily, a competitive market ensures EHR service providers must deliver top-notch features. When you’re vetting a few of them, make sure you get the best in these departments:
User-friendliness: Make sure it’s easy for your staff and patients to get used to the new interface.
Integration: It must be compatible with everything (equipment and software) you already use.
Support: You don’t want a lot of downtimes, so you must have access to a technician when anything goes wrong.
Scalability: Make sure it will work for your size practice.
Cost: There are enough options that you’ll find one that suits your budget. Just remember it will also improve your revenue, so it should pay for itself in the long run.
Mobile options: If you can take your EHR mobile it means you, your team and patients can engage 24/7.
But you can’t stop here. For a rheumatologist to provide the best care in the area, you also need the following, unique (niche specific) features incorporated in your EHR.
Rheumatology - The Unique Features You Can’t Do Without
Reading through these aspects you’ll see the prime focus is to save:
- Time
- Effort
- Money
This means you can do more without making your bottom line suffer
Best of all is that some features will make you more effective and accurate in diagnoses & treatment of patients. The time you spend finding the ideal EHR is therefore an investment in both you and your patients’ lives.
Invest in Relevant Templates
The moment your EHR relates to your niche in layouts, templates, and features, you’ll waste less time browsing through dashboards & functions, trying to find what you’re looking for. The layout will be appropriate for what you face each day and high-quality vendors allow you to customize them according to your personal preferences too.
When you invest in niche specific templates you also don’t pay for features that may be relevant for other physicians but which you will never use.
Enjoy Smooth Workflow
When your layouts are relevant you’ll already enjoy a great workflow. It gets even better with rheumatology EHR because the various aspects of your software will easily relate with each other. You can easily develop a patient’s documents from an initial exam to more serious treatments or lab tests; with very little effort on your side.
Remember: This is about finding faster ways to do more, and still be effective. The right EHR helps you towards this goal.
A rheumatologist’s patients usually have long treatment plans and of course, you can’t remember everyone’s details. The right EHR allows you to view a patient’s history and offers dynamic ways to track progress. This is much more effective for making long term plans than using pen and paper or looking for patient records in a drawer.
Allow Tech to Help Administer Medication
Another important aspect of your tasks is to provide prescriptions to patients. Here’s how smart modern technology has become (and what your EHR can do for you):
Warn when you prescribe unusually high doses, so you can double check the details.
Make sure what you prescribe aligns with the patient’s need.
Do everything online so you have digital records and don’t waste time writing it out manually.
You can view a patient’s drug history so you can make informed decisions on what to do next.
Be reminded to write new chronic prescriptions. Do it when you have a moment of spare time, with no time wasted on phone calls from the patient or staff members.
It’s called e-prescriptions and thanks to modern security systems it’s possible to safely manage your prescriptions online.
Interactive Charts and Diagrams
When you’re talking to a patient or working on a specific case, you’re bound to look at images. Diagrams of body parts help you explain better and make effective notes for future reference. Now, with modern EHR, you can do all of this digitally.
Your EHR can’t simply have general images of the body. You need details about:
- Hands
- Feet
- Knees
- Joints
While this is more effective, it also saves time during a checkup. You have everything you need on hand to update yourself on the case. All your notes are kept in one place so you won’t lose information ever again.
Integration With Your Unique System and Equipment
Your EHR must integrate with your equipment, but also facilitate communication with other entities such as labs. When you get test results back it can automatically be added to a patient’s file, yet again eliminating manual work.
Make Billing and Coding Effortless & Accurate
If you’re looking for motivation to invest in new EHR: Yes, this can boost your bottom line. But only if your new system supports effective billing. An important feature you can’t go without ICD-10 codes.
Make sure your software is up to date with the latest codes, but specifically the codes relevant to your niche. This saves time on looking up codes online and ensures claims are accurate for on-time payments, without the many claim rejections you may be used to.
Conclusion
Ready to be more effective? Technology can make it happen.
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