Most practices spend a significant amount of time and effort reviewing external clinical information to determine what, how much to use and in what format. How this is being done today probably uses a lot of older technology and is very manual.

A good chart preparation process can save practices time and money and provide physicians with the vital clinical information needed for optimal clinical decision making.

The availability of electronic clinical data from medical practices and facilities is here – from practices and facilities of all sizes nationwide. Implement this as soon as possible – take advantage of having this information in electronic form so that it’s easier to work with.

There is a solution to automating chart prep for practices once a practice has identified the right infromation they need to include in the chart prep process. Listen to this podcast to learn more about these best practices.

Since the early days of EMRs – the pre-Meaningful Use days, EMRs have come a long way in providing functionality for practices to connect to the outside world to extend their business processes and go beyond their practice walls. But we still have a ways to go – especially when trying to connect to providers, health organizations, labs and other entities where there is no affiliation in some way, as for example, beyond the networks of providers who do not use the same EMR or don’t connect to the same HIE.

Imagine consistently logging into a secure web site and finding a list of your patients for all upcoming appointments and seeing their clinical information being immediately available ready for you to review with tools that make it easy to find the information you need to export back to your EMR. The tedious faxing, scanning, printing, and calling is replaced with a process that is finished in minutes - even seconds – saving staff precious time and helping your physicians have the critical clinical data needed for optimal clinical decision making.

Lets discuss where interoperability is today in 2024 and how your practice can drastically improve the process of managing medical records this year and into the future!

What makes healthcare unique and complex is that it involves both internal consitutents and external stakeholders, multiple processes and a number of technology dependencies. 

This podcast is for practice administrators and healthcare providers who are looking to make improvements to their clinical operational processes. We must start with understanding what our vision is for our practice and then contemplate how these operational improvements will support that vision. Your vision provides a north star for the critical decisions your practice is making on behalf of the patients that you serve. 

It is critical we examine our internal processes and workflows (both processes and people) that support how the practice is run. Making internal process changes may support your vision but it is important to understand the change management involved when those changes is made.  LIsten in for more details on the expert opinion of Ken Bradley, Chief Health Innovation Officer for more detail.