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Why Choose A Specialty-Specific EMR?

Why Choose Specialty-Specific EMR: Every patient is unique, and so is every physician. While individual doctors may have their own approach to charting and patient care, those within the same specialty often follow similar workflows and documentation standards. That’s where specialty-specific EMR solutions come in. Designed to meet the distinct needs of your medical specialty, these systems offer tailored features that align with your practice’s requirements. By customizing charting tools and management functions, a specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) enhances both operational efficiency and the quality of patient care.

Reduce training time and minimize the learning curve.

Instead of having to go through a cumbersome training process to customize the EMR software to your field, specialty-specific EMR software is set up for doctors to jump in and drive. “A lot of doctors purchase EMR software and still don’t know how to use it months down the road,” says Jason Keele, CEO of 1st Providers Choice. By simplifying the process, however, doctors are less hesitant to implement the system and use it with live patients. Since doctors are already familiar with the content and don’t have to build templates from scratch, the training process focuses primarily on getting providers and staff comfortable with the software.

Increase efficiency.

One of the primary benefits of specialty-specific Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) is that providers can chart in real-time while they are in the room with the patient. “Doctors are seeing patients and need to be able to chart quickly and effectively,” says Keele. “If you have to start entering a whole bunch of new data, and you have Mr. Jones waiting in one room and Mrs. Smith getting impatient in the waiting room, as a doctor, you’re going to have to leave some charting for later.” For most healthcare professionals, this means completing visit notes long after patients have left for the day.

Specialty-specific EMRs, however, encompass all the information doctors use most frequently. Additionally, you have the option of using global templates, which automatically bring in several variables once a diagnosis is selected. This includes medications, immunizations, laboratory tests, forms, and other relevant documents. Being able to obtain all this information with one click can save a tremendous amount of time and effort that would otherwise be spent entering data separately.

Training and continuing education.

Vendors offering server or web-based EMR software often have associations with organizations related to their particular specialty. “It’s important to maintain an open line of communication with organizations that doctors are part of,” informs Keele. This enables vendors to participate in conferences and events, offering continuing education and training opportunities for doctors and staff.

Many vendors offer complete data conversion from other Electronic Medical Record (EMR) programs, making it easy to get up and running. For information about converting to 1st Providers Choice, click here.

This article is reviewed by Jason Keele, a healthcare technology expert with extensive experience in electronic health records (EHR), practice management solutions, and digital health innovations. With over 42 years of industry expertise, he specializes in optimizing healthcare workflows and enhancing patient care through technology.

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