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- Searching a paper chart for that test result, trying to organize your results so that you can follow trends, monitoring your diabetic patient’s progress – these are all simplified tremendously with an electronic medical record (EMR) system.
- In some locations, your laboratory results are automatically uploaded from the testing laboratory. For now, others still need them to be entered manually by staff, although the advent of the electronic health record will make this unnecessary soon. Even with the investment of staff time to enter results, this is well worth it. What you have at your fingertips is all the information, neatly organized, readable and comparable.
- Many EMR systems allow for:
- Manipulation of lab data so that you can look at all the HbA1C’s for the past years on a single page, even graph them.
- Ordering of a battery of tests by just a simple mouse click. The ordering of a test, such as an x-ray is simplified because the demographics are entered automatically, leaving you to type in the clinical details and the request only.
- Importing electronically the various forms required to order tests. No more searching for that ultrasound referral form – a couple of clicks brings it up on your screen, already pre populated with your patients demographics.
- Sending orders for tests to the lab or radiology facility. This produces a clear, legible request with all the right information they require.
- The benefits are not limited to lab test results. A scan of a list of letters can easily identify the letter you want to review, classified by date, subject and sender. It may be a radiology report or a histology report. The time taken to review a chart is now measured in single minutes.
- The electronic medical record saves time in this area and reduces the stress of trying to find valuable data when with the patient.
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