How does adopting an electronic medical record (EMR) in your practice affect productivity? In general, successful implementation of an EMR offers a decrease in practice costs in the following ways:
- More accurate coding,
- Increased number of patients,
- Possible decrease or reallocation of employees,
- Decreased patient wait time,
- Elimination of lost charts,
- Simultaneous access to charts by multiple users,
- Decreased duplication of efforts,
- Improved patient management,
- Reduced record storage space,
- Increased legibility,
- Reduced phone tag time with patients, and
- The ability to produce referral letters, school and work excuses, and other documents with a few clicks.
If you have questions about electronic medical records or other health information technology, contact the TMA Knowledge Center at (800) 880-7955.
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Last Updated On
October 10, 2022
Originally Published On
March 23, 2010