Flexibility in an EMR solution is an important function to
maximize the usability and value to the physician or practice. A urologist might be able to use only bits
and pieces of a family practice EMR. Urologists
do see both males and females, young and old, like a family practitioner, but
the exam templates for the whole body won’t do them much good – they need
in-depth templates focused on mainly just the uro-genital area. “Our format is so easy, that we have
preloaded specific templates ready to use,” says Bizmatics sales rep, Anthony
Bates, regarding their PrognoCIS EMR solution.
Choosing the right templates for the specialty allows physicians to
utilize all of the features and get their money’s worth.
Customizations within the specialty templates personalize an
EMR to the individual physician or procedure.
EMRs serve as a check list when documenting a procedure. Understandably, the same procedure may
slightly differ depending on the patient; the physician can easily change the
value of a field in that check list through dropdown boxes either before the
encounter or during. For instance, in
pain management, a cervical spine injection may generally use a specific gauge
of needle, but for whatever reason, a larger size may be required for this particular
patient. “They can check off variations
of the procedure, such as needle size or probe electricity strength for nerve
stimulation,” explains Kemp Stephens, another Bizmatics sales rep. Customization of the interface and templates increases
user comfort and workflow productivity as well as increase the accuracy of
captured data.
