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Medisoft Clinical Helps Improve Patient Safety

By Harry E Selent

Many small physician practices have benefitted from the capabilities of the proven Medisoft EMR Clinical software package. The electronic medical record (EMR) component of the software assists providers in delivering high quality care while increasing efficiency and reducing cost.

Introducing Medisoft Clinical " A complete Medisoft EMR Software solution. With the latest Medisoft release, McKesson now offers Medisoft Clinical, a complete practice management/electronic medical record (PM/EMR) solution that works seamlessly together to minimize practice disruption. Medisoft Clinical combines the practice management features of Medisoft v15 with a fully functional EMR at a price point geared to smaller physician practices like yours. With Medisoft Clinical, you get the latest in practice automation without a lot of hassle and at a price you can afford.

Experience the best of both worlds with a combined PM/EMR solution that enables your office to easily perform important tasks like: *Sharing demographic information to eliminate redundant data entry; *Automatically informing the nurse in the exam room area when a patient is ready for his/her appointment to save staff time; *Creating an electronic superbill that is populated with ICD-9 and CPT-4 codes based on the provider's SOAP notes.

Like many offices, your practice likely uses McKesson's Medisoft practice management (PM) system, or some other type of software to automate scheduling, billing, and accounts receivable tasks. Now you can take your management system to the next level by incorporating the electronic medical record (EMR) management system software included in Medisoft Clinical. This total practice solution will allow you to eliminate nearly all paper in your practice for maximum efficiency, substantial cost savings, and improved quality of patient care.

High level efficiency: Medisoft Clinical is set apart from other EMR systems as a result of its unique design that automates completion of the entire chart from a progress note. When information like drugs, lab results, and vital signs is added to the note, the rest of the chart will automatically be updated.

Adaptable documentation options let the provider choose from a variety of data entry methods, like: templates, speech recognition, transcription, digital pen, dictation, Web-based data entry.

The central dashboard provides a quick and simple snapshot of all important patient information, including messages, incoming results, and daily schedules. In addition, the review bin lets the provider have quick access to notes, documents, and test results. Past-due orders can easily be managed and tracked by patient, status, and anticipated result return time. Automated updates of order status provide extra utility and convenience.

Improve quality " Medisoft Clincal provides easy access so that you'll have at your fingertips all of the information necessary for providing high-quality care. Its comprehensive knowledge base includes: -Online access to hundreds of disease and pharmaceutical protocols; -a wide variety of progress note templates for primary care and specialty cases; -health maintenance protocols tailored to patient age, sex, disease status, medications, and other information specific to a particular patient.

Improve safety: Ensure patient safety and streamline prescriptions and prescription refills with the use of electronic prescription software (SureScripts and RxHub). The program includes thousands of individual prescription templates, plus a complete database of medication costs and important checks like drug interactions, drug allergies, disease contraindications, diagnoses, and targeted, proactive dosage recommendations.

Provider tools: Note analysis for optimal coding using a quality coding adviser for Evaluation and Management codes referencing both the 1995 and 1997 CMS Documentation Guidelines. Text loading capability for filling in the entire patient chart including the problem list, medications list, patient medical history, and vital signs. Correct placement of partial visit dictation transcriptions within the proper position in the note. Chart summary import and export capabilities in CCD and CCR formats. Easy interface with other medical offices' EMR systems, or with a patient's personal health record. Easy updating of chart sections while importing data, with the ability to keep a complete copy of the imported document. The ability to customize chart views based on provider preferences and specialty areas for charts, chart summaries, and flow charts.

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