Effectiveness of the Web-based EMR

Many physicians and health practitioners across the world are planning their electronic health record adaptation approach and have started realizing that the multiple choices for it are overwhelming and have really high-costs. However, a number of small and medium sized medical practices are using web-based EMR software to meet their clinical needs.

 

 

Global Access-all the time

Unlike the traditional on premises solution, web-based EMR software is more affordable as you just need to have a broadband internet connection, a workstation and a web browser. You work on software that is available to you from anywhere, at any time; be it in the hospital, during late night, away from home, or on a vacation. This way you can save the cost of faxing pages between offices or dialing different contacts to get the required information together. There is no implementation costs associated with online software as there are no need to install data sets, as is required in an on-site software.

Cost-Effectiveness

A web-based EMR offers a centralized repository of different departmental operations that provide a huge benefit to the end-user.  From storage, retrieval, modification, maintenance to network security- everything is coordinated and exchanged through this centralized system. Such an implementation allows centralization of other medical operations like billing, transcription and scheduling processes.

Connectivity

Moreover, a web-based EMR offers connectivity. You don’t have to individually maintain the connections to reference lab, pharmacies, clinics, OPD, and other departments; as the centralized system of an EMR already holds these connections together and relieves the practice of forming and then maintaining them all- thus, reducing work and cost linked to separate maintenance of these networks.

                           

 

 

 

Ease-of-use

A web-based Electronic Medical Record offers a user-friendly user interface that enables the users to navigate through functions, menus and links in a convenient and logical manner, making it very simple and natural to the doctors and other medical staff.

Flexibility

The working of a web-based EMR system simply adjusts according to your workflow and allows you to manage your practice or document according to your expertise and comfort levels. It enables everyone in the staff to follow the workflow they feel good with or adapt the practice to an organized workflow when required.

Some of the most prominent features of a good web-based Electronic Medical Record system include e-Prescribing, Patient Encounter, Test results, Reporting, Document Management, Patient portal and many others.  While an online EMR has many advantages, most medical practitioners are skeptical of security as a chief concern. However, web-based EMR software can actually provide greater security than paper data and client-server software. Most of such systems get HIPAA compliance via bank centers with high-level encryption ways and bank-level security that makes it impossible to read the data. Therefore, considering the cost effective features, now is the right time to get a web-based EMR solution.