What is an EMR software?

Electronic health records (EHR) software, also known as electronic medical records (EMR) software, is a software system that provides an electronic version of a patient's health record such as patient's progress or SOAP notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past health history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports, etc.

 

Compared to traditional paper charts, electronic medical records generated by properly implemented EMR software, can reduce overall healthcare costs, increase efficiency and decrease medical errors.

 

What is an EMR?
An electronic medical record (EMR) is the legal patient record that is created in digital format in hospitals and ambulatory environments. Electronic medical records may include demographics, medical history, medication and allergies, immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs, personal stats like age and weight, and billing information.

What is an EHR?
An electronic health record (EHR) is a systematic collection of a patient’s health information in digital format that is capable of being shared across different health care settings. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are the data source for the EHR.

 

What are the benefits of an EMR software?

Medical practices that have adopted an EMR system can experience:

  • Increased Revenues

  • Reduced Expenses

  • Reduced Malpractice Costs

  • Reduced Medical Errors

  • Improved Quality of Care

  • Improved Documentation and Accuracy

  • Better Access to Medical Information

  • Enhanced Security

  • Save Time

  • Receive Federal/State Incentives

 

Power of One:

Abraxas Medical Solutions provides a ONE single software application for both electronic medical records (EMR) and medical billing and practice management (PM) using a single Microsoft-SQL © database.

Having ONE unified medical software solution with ONE common database eliminates the need to use multiple EMR and PM software from one or multiple vendors, and the inherent problems associated with data integration, transfer of data, duplication of data entry, multi-vendor support issues, etc.

 

What is the Stimulus Plan and its HITECH ACT?

The Stimulus Plan, signed into law in February 2009, aims to stimulate the economy through investments in manyfront including healthcare.  The HITECH Act contains multiple economic incentives to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) by medical providers nationwide.  Medical providers are paid up to $63,750 to deploy electronic health records and become meaningful users of EMR software.