Know the pros and cons of EMRs.How providers struggle to work with EMRs and why medical practices need an EMR expert.An expert can customize templates and quicken the documentation workflow.

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2.  The difference between EMRs and paper records is the
difference between clunky file cabinets and cloud storage.
 Digitizing records makes them more accessible and
transferrable.
 And despite whispers of dissatisfaction there are several
advantages of working with EMRs.

3.  Easy storage and no change in quality over time
 Comprehensibility
 Easily accessible
 Better Security

4.  EMRs make it safer and easier to share medical records.
 Vital information, such as blood type, drugs prescribed, and
medical history, are easy to share at the time of need.
 During times of emergency EMRs are life savers and can help
in quick medical decision making.

5.  Most physicians find it difficult and painful to work with
EMRs.
 Doctors struggle to work with EMRs due to its complex
interface and tough navigation.

6.  Doctors find the “click and drop down” capability of an EMR
as a great feature. This leads to errors in the documentation
process.
 According to a survey the habit of copy and paste has been
adopted by 78% of the physicians, who find it better than hand
copying procedures which had oodles of error.
 As reckless copy pasting can lead to duplication of data.

7.  Audit your medical practice’s documentation procedure
regularly.
 Invite someone outside of your medical practice to review
your clinical records.
 Customize the templates you get from your vendor.
 If the EMR systems coding algorithm is updating E/M codes
very often then you need to keep an eye on the coding
calculator algorithms.

8.  Customization is a time consuming and complex process.
 Some of the EMRs have customization features.
 several template customization specialists who can help in
customizing EMRs and better align them to the clinical
workflow of practices.

9.  There is an increased need for granularity of medical data and
specificity in documentation.
 It can be next to impossible for physicians, to manage, the
almost unfair demand for pristine documentation.

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