Electronic Medical Record Speech Research Paper
Electronic Medical Record Speech
Stephanie Heydon
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Computerizing Medical Data
HCR/240
Lisa Daniel
July 18, 2010
Electronic Medical Record Speech Hi, my name is Stephanie Heydon, and I am from the company, Sunrise Systems and Solutions. I want to start by thanking all of you for giving me the time to talk about electronic medical records. I will discuss the importance of practice management and how electronic medical records are essential in the medical office. I know the product offered by Sunrise Systems and Solutions is currently one of the best products on the market. The software available for electronic medical records has features that will speed up the process of searching for medical …show more content…
Retrieving a patient’s health information right away is very important in an emergency situation. Instead of office personnel looking for the patients file and sorting through several files, the office personnel can obtain the necessary information quickly if the records are stored electronically. Using EMRs will also allow the physicians to order medications, tests, or any other services needed, which can be implemented by the office staff. EMRs will also provide access to medical research, thereby helping doctors make medical decisions now and in the future. The EMR system can also provide medical alerts and reminders to the staff. This reminder will allow the staff to make sure patients are being scheduled for regular checkups. The alerts are also able to identify any patient safety issues, like drug allergies and drug interactions. EMR’s are also able to provide a secure communication between the physicians and staff members. This system will provide support for patients about health topics along with instructions on how to prepare for common medical tests. The EMR system will provides administrative tools to allow medical practices the security of being able follow federal and state reporting …show more content…
The PMP has a computerized scheduling feature used to schedule patient appointments. The program has a feature which will search for an available time for a doctor where the next appointment can be entered. The appointments for the day can then be printed allowing the staff to have medical records ready when the patient checks in. The PMP is used not only to record the patient information but also create and transmit electronic claims, receive electronic payments, bill patients, create financial reports, and collect on past due accounts. Medical offices just like any other business need to get paid to continue servicing their patients. The PMP assists with receiving insurance payments without a long delay because claims are generated and then can be sent directly to a clearinghouse or health plan. Claims sent to a clearinghouse will check the claims accuracy, if anything needs to be corrected the claim will be sent back to the medical office. The claim will need to be corrected before being processed. The PMP can also be used to post payments to the patient’s accounts once received by a remittance
Stephanie Heydon
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Computerizing Medical Data
HCR/240
Lisa Daniel
July 18, 2010
Electronic Medical Record Speech Hi, my name is Stephanie Heydon, and I am from the company, Sunrise Systems and Solutions. I want to start by thanking all of you for giving me the time to talk about electronic medical records. I will discuss the importance of practice management and how electronic medical records are essential in the medical office. I know the product offered by Sunrise Systems and Solutions is currently one of the best products on the market. The software available for electronic medical records has features that will speed up the process of searching for medical …show more content…
Retrieving a patient’s health information right away is very important in an emergency situation. Instead of office personnel looking for the patients file and sorting through several files, the office personnel can obtain the necessary information quickly if the records are stored electronically. Using EMRs will also allow the physicians to order medications, tests, or any other services needed, which can be implemented by the office staff. EMRs will also provide access to medical research, thereby helping doctors make medical decisions now and in the future. The EMR system can also provide medical alerts and reminders to the staff. This reminder will allow the staff to make sure patients are being scheduled for regular checkups. The alerts are also able to identify any patient safety issues, like drug allergies and drug interactions. EMR’s are also able to provide a secure communication between the physicians and staff members. This system will provide support for patients about health topics along with instructions on how to prepare for common medical tests. The EMR system will provides administrative tools to allow medical practices the security of being able follow federal and state reporting …show more content…
The PMP has a computerized scheduling feature used to schedule patient appointments. The program has a feature which will search for an available time for a doctor where the next appointment can be entered. The appointments for the day can then be printed allowing the staff to have medical records ready when the patient checks in. The PMP is used not only to record the patient information but also create and transmit electronic claims, receive electronic payments, bill patients, create financial reports, and collect on past due accounts. Medical offices just like any other business need to get paid to continue servicing their patients. The PMP assists with receiving insurance payments without a long delay because claims are generated and then can be sent directly to a clearinghouse or health plan. Claims sent to a clearinghouse will check the claims accuracy, if anything needs to be corrected the claim will be sent back to the medical office. The claim will need to be corrected before being processed. The PMP can also be used to post payments to the patient’s accounts once received by a remittance