Electronic Health Records Systems

What are Electronic Health Records Systems?

Physicians or clinicians use electronic health records or EHR systems to digitally store and maintain patients' medical records. These systems contain various types of information about a patient's medical records.

Electronic health records systems store medication details, diagnosis, progress notes, allergies, vitals, insurance and claims details, radiology images,televisits, laboratory reports, vaccination dates, and many more details.

EHR systems help providers to diagnose patients according to the patient's medical reports. In addition, EHR systems help providers reduce medical errors by providing accurate, updated, and 24/7 available patient medical records. EHR systems provide privacy and security of patients’ medical records.

EHR systems provide many functionalities like appointment scheduling, appointment reminder, billing management, document management, clinical workflow, patient portal, patient demographics, patient’s past medical history, voice recognition, insurance and claims details, and many more.

EHR systems provide the functionality to share details with other providers, laboratories, insurance companies, hospitals, and other organizations. In addition, EHR systems are cloud-based systems, so you don't have to install any software.

By using EHR Systems, providers don't have to re-enter patients' details every time they visit. There are many EHR vendors in the market that provide customizable EHR systems according to providers' needs.

EHR Systems:

There are many EHR vendors in the market, but the following are a few popular EHR Vendors:

1. Epic
2. Cerner
3. Kareo
4. AthenaHealth
5. iPatientCare

Epic:

The software is used in various practices, from community hospitals and independent practices to multi-specialty hospital groups and hospital care providers. Epic offers the standard range of “core” EHR capabilities, and practices can add modules based on specialty.

Epic places a strong emphasis on patient engagement and facilitating remote care. A comprehensive patient portal, a native app for Android and iOS systems, gives patients greater flexibility in managing their healthcare needs.

In addition, Epic offers many telemedicine options, from support for video visits and post-surgical follow-ups to patient monitoring capabilities.

Cerner:

Cerner's outpatient solution allows physicians and office staff to access patient information and perform workflows on mobile devices and tablets designed by physicians.

Benefiting from an intuitive dashboard, the outpatient clinic offers secure access to medical records and a "chart search" function that reduces the time spent searching for information.

In addition, outpatient consultations include ePrescribe, nCode, electronic lab request, and result analysis, designed to save diagnostic time and reduce the risk of human error.

Kareo:

Kareo Clinical is developed for use by a large range of specializations and provides a large list of features, including a customizable dashboard, ePrescribing, and a fully integrated patient portal.

In addition, it's fully integrated with the company's practice management software - Kareo Billing.

Kareo Clinical offers free full customer service and training for its EHR solution during the product life and also provides a patient interaction module, which allows practices to send automated appointment reminders to patients through phone, e-mail, or SMS.

AthenaHealth:

For practices and organizations looking to provide high-quality healthcare and exceptional patient experiences while improving bottom lines, athenahealth offers an award-winning EHR, education management, and patient engagement solution, combined with world-class services that eliminate most back-office administrative tasks.

Stand out with data-driven insights generated by the largest healthcare network. Because it's cloud-based, this information, along with product updates, is provided on an ongoing basis to help everyone.

iPatientCare:

iPatientCare system used by single physicians up to hospitals which have up to 200 employees. The software can also support practices with multiple locations and a variety of specialties.

iPatientCare EHR is available as an onsite or web-based installation. The system verifies patient eligibility, provides specific lab results and sends appointment reminders via SMS.

In addition, providers can access the software on mobile devices and tablets, take notes, use dictation support, and take and annotate photos.