Benefits of EHR Electronic Charting System

Backed by a world-class Practice Success Team, Software Optimization Team and Technical Support, MediNotes e is more than the sum of it's parts. True, it is classified as an electronic medical record and fulfills the charting and organizing needs of a practice but there is much more to it than that. MediNotes e is customizable to meet the needs of most specialties, allowing you the freedom to use it out of the box or to modify it for maximum productivity in your office.

Accessible

MediNotes e is the first of its kind; a zero-navigation EMR. Everything that you need to access (patient information, practice information, templates, notes, documents) is all available at the same time on the same screen. Each element is displayed as a separate tab within the main program shell. This allows you to toggle between multiple active patients quickly and easily during your busy day.

• Ability to launch multiple patient folders
• Patient folder panels can be completely customized for the data you need
• Custom nurse intake
• Simultaneous access to clinical patient data
• Designed for use on a Tablet PC
• Remote access via Citrix, Terminal Services or database synchronization
• Worklists ensure that the appropriate clinical staff members complete the necessary
• Intra-office communication and document routing through MediNotes Messenger
• MediNotes Rx module allows access to prescribing through MediNotes e, directly through a web page or through Palm PDA

Reliable

The heart of an electronic health record is its database. MediNotes has created an extremely powerful relational database based on thousands of independent exam dialogs, each of which bonding together in hundreds of medical templates covering over 14 medical specialties. This complex architecture required an exceptional database. We chose iAnywhere Solutions from Sybase and since 2000 have developed MediNotes e using the SQL Anywhere Studio. With over 3,300 practices relying on MediNotes e for their critical medical data everyday, we didn't settle for anything less than the best.

• iAnywhere SQL database from Sybase
• 3,300 practices nationwide relying on MediNotes e for their patient data
• 99.9% uptime
• Notes are created using object based templates for consistency
• Billing codes are generated based on the documentation entered into the note. The codes are completely supported by the encounter note.
• Billing codes can be exported directly to a compatible practice management system, to avoid error prone data-entry by the staff.

Secure

Legistation is making it difficult to run a paper-based practice. To ensure that MediNotes e met the HIPAA requirements for electronic medical records, MediNotes has brought in an independent HIPAA experts on two separate occassions to conduct a thorough overview of the application, the database structure and the company practices relating to HIPAA. In each instance MediNotes passed with flying colors.

• Certified for HIPAA
• Encounter notes locked with digital signature
• All intra-office communication is transferred and held within the program database
• Encrypted database
• Electronic records are easier to manage and keep secure than paper records
• Prepare for Medicare or Managed Care audits with complete documentation to back-up your billing claims.
• Supplement your written documentation with x-rays, scanned documents, or a series of digital pictures to follow your patient's progress using the multimedia area of your patient's electronic folder.
• Protect your records from a natural disaster. Electronic Medical Records can be backed up and stored off site.
• Ensure patient confidentiality with login password protection.
• Reduce uncertainties due to illegibility. MediNotes e documents are typed and easy to read, avoiding any confusion about your patient's care.
• Eliminate incomplete notes. With MediNotes e, documentation can be completed right at the point of care so information is not left out of the patient's records.
• Avoid damaged or misplaced charts and folders. All MediNotes einformation is stored electronically and backed-up regularly to ensure that your records are complete and safe.

Efficient

• Point and click interface makes charting fast and easy
• Simple access to patient's Medications, Allergies and other past medical history
• Patient records can be simultaneously viewed from any terminal on the network
• Records are portable - use the Synchronization module to make a database that can be used independently from the network
• No folders to file, nothing to misplace, and every note is typed for legibility
• Automated Office Tasks - take just a few mouse clicks
  • Physician Referral Letters - MediNotes e automatically generates referral letters based on your charting  note.  What used to be a struggle is now so simple that your letters will always get out on time
  • Patient Instructions- Before the patient leaves the office, you can print specific care instructions for their medical condition. These instructions are excellent reminders that your patient must follow their prescribed care. Their permanent Charting Plus™ records indicates that they were given instruction for care.
  • Prescriptions - No more looking for your script pad. MediNotes e allows you to generate prescriptions right from the program, and store a copy in the patient's folder for future reference. Once in the system, refills are simple - just click the refill icon.
  • Billing Statements  - Billing codes used in the note can be exported directly to compatible billing programs or printed as a SuperBill statements.
  • Physician's Orders  - Orders that are stated in the note can be printed as separate documents

Profitable

• Eliminate costly transcription fees
• Improves office productivity through better accessibility and workflow
• Thoroughly support your billing claims with complete documentation
• E & M Wizard suggests the most appropriate E & M code(s) based on the documentation
• See more patients per day because of the accessibility to patient's medical history and the ease of charting
• Reduce the number of administrative staff necessary to support your office
• Build your practice by quickly responding to referral physicians using our automated Referral Letter

Nine out of 10 doctors Get it Right the First Time with MediNotes e.

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