Wednesday, December 5, 2012

You Can Enhance The Workflow And Profitability Of Your Practice With The EHR Integrated Billing Tools

By Aditya A. Anderson


The development of electronic health records, also known as EHR has added to the advancement of patient care. This type of obtaining access to patient records portal remotely through the help of a web browser from anywhere is truly a method of an office that is paperless. You will experience improved efficiency of the workflow of your facility along with overall profitability of your practice as you use electronic records with integrated billing tools that allow you to focus your attention on patient care.

You can additionally experience financial gain through the economic stimulus reimbursement that is available for the implementation of EHR subject to certain requirements that will be explained later in this article. The use of the blend of software and Practice Management systems also furnishes financial gain from additional revenue capture as this system produces improved claims acceptance rates. A track record of fewer than five percent of claims rejections is averaged by this system which ranks well below the national average that has been experienced.

More advantages of EHR software include templates that are highly configurable to function with your unique needs permitting physicians to focus more time on patient care while improving proficiency. There is a library of specialty specific templates for all the major specialties available for you to work with permitting you to modify them to supplement your existing workflows to become part of a fully integrated solution. All areas of your practice including clerical, administrative and financial will be able to work in an environment that promotes productivity for all areas with this system available to assist.

The use of EHR encompasses critical control through several methods to assure privacy and security. The accessibility of health care professionals is regulated through the application of role-based access security What that means more specifically is the each individual user or group of types of user are assigned privileges that allow them to see only specific patient information designed by their user profile in the software, which varies according to their responsibility for the patient. The security of the information is also protected by an audit trail that performs within the system to track and capture all user activity eliminating any worry about who has changed or accessed the patient data in the records system.

Another great feature of this type of record system permits you to receive custom error messages based on your inputs that can help you troubleshoot processes that need improvement and add alerts and reminders for things like drug interactions or contraindications as part of the ePrescribing features available. All of these benefits must be approved by the Office of the National Coordinator's Authorized Testing and Certification Body known as the ONC-ATCB certification program which establishes the EHR Meaningful Use, in order to qualify for the previously mentioned stimulus incentives.




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