While an intuitive interface, sleek design, and user-friendliness are all great features in an EHR, however, what really makes the best solutions stand out among others is the quality of the dashboard. Ideally, it should display real-time, high-priority information in one place, as soon as you log into the system. This feature enables practice managers and staff members to identify what is required of them in order to increase efficiency, increase revenue and improve health outcomes for patients.

Here are four ways an outstanding EHR dashboard will help boost efficiency.

Provides User-Specific Information

Upon logging in, users of EHR should be presented with information pertinent to their roles within the organization. Presenting your employees with information relevant to them will help facilitate them in keeping track of their duties that need to get done at a particular time.

For example, a practice manager’s dashboard should display the schedule for that day and patient information (eligibility, co-pays, etc.) to aid them in/with their appointments. Their portal must highlight:

• The patient messages that require responses from the clinical staff
• Patient information that needs to be updated
• Check-in should also be available.

Finally, practice managers need to have access to real-time financial information, and analytics in order to keep an eye on the financial health of the practice.

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Having access to all the information at hand allows practice managers to run their practices efficiently, with no need to navigate through multiple screens to find what they need.

Providers should also be similarly catered to, with a list of all the patients coming in on that day along with medical histories and causes of the visit. They must receive notifications for tasks that require urgent attention or completion such as unfinished notes, refill requests, etc. It is also important for providers to have instant access to real time analytics on MIPS performance indicators, so they can quickly identify areas that require improvements.

Data Visualization

It can be extremely tedious to scan through tables and columns for important information. Providers and clinical staff are increasingly tech-savvy these days, and they demand modern methods of analysis and visual representations of the data to accelerate the process.

Clinical and Financial Integration

Having an integrated platform that shows a merged view of all clinical and financial information is an absolute must for all practices. Most dashboards fall short when it comes to this requirement; including only the ability to view one document at a time, not both at once. The reason a combined view is so important is that it provides an overall picture to the practice staff which allows them to take a look at the entire patient experience-beginning with the first appointment and ending with claim payment or any follow-up that might be required.

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The Ability to Take a Deep Dive into the Data

While a good dashboard will showcase all important information at first glance, it also allows users to quickly go over the data they want to take a closer look at, in just a few clicks.

Conclusion:

Good EHR software does not only boost employee efficacy but also compiles your data in one place to make it accessible for all your employees. We at CureMD believe that no two practices are the same- this is why we offer EHR software tailored to the providers’ needs. Get in touch with us to find out more: https://www.curemd.com/ehr.asp