An Electronic Health Record (EHR) system helps a practice in more than one way. From improving its workflows, cash flow, flow of patients and achieving Meaningful Use, to saving time and meeting regulatory requirements, an EHR system does a lot. And that’s not all, there are many other features of an EHR which help a practice in its workflows.

Let’s take a look at them in detail.

1. Increased patient volume:Physicians are able to save a lot of time by using an EHR system and can therefore see more patients in a shorter amount of time. One such solution is CureMD’s “All-in-One” Cloud, which helps you do that.
2. Achieving Meaningful Use:Practices which are using certified EHR systems can attest for Meaningful Use and if they meet the criteria, can qualify to receive incentive payments from the government.
3. Improved care quality:Practices are able to deliver better care quality with the help of EHR software, embedded knowledgebase and workflow editors.
4. Electronic charting:The usage of paper is reduced to almost zero. Physicians can electronically enter all patient vitals, lab results, radiology images, consultation letters and even voice files into the system.
5. Time saving: Physicians can enter data easily, thereby reducing tasking and transactions. They are also able to eliminate redundant data entry with duplication checks and merging features.
6. Accelerate collections:Physicians are able to accelerate collections with online eligibility checks, intelligent billing, claim checks and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
7. Electronic lab orders:Lab orders can be electronically transmitted and results received through the usage of an EHR system. Decision making is simplified with automated filling, flagging, tracking and trending.

These are just some of the features of an EHR system which can help a practice in its workflows, improve delivery of coordinated care and reduce costs.