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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Role of Certifed EMR in Meaningful Use





EMR is a wonderful software that is all set to transform the healthcare industry. It is all set to replace the age old practice of manually maintaining the patient records. The EMR software ensures the healthcare industry with more accurate and detailed patient records. As the records are stored in a digital format, there is flexibility of storing them centrally. The centrally stored data can be easily accessed from any where at times of emergency. There are huge long term advantages of EMR implementation if used in a right manner. When you talk about right manner we are talking about its meaningful use. 

Meaningful use of EMR is nothing but a responsibility on the part of healthcare professionals and hospitals as regards using the software optimally. The EMR software needs to be used in a manner that it promotes better quality of healthcare service to the patients. There are many vendors and many versions of emr applications available, hence it becomes difficult to decide up on the best EMR system for the practice. A certified EMR software would ensure that the system is in compliance with the HIPAA as well as the healthcare industry requirements. A certified EMR software would also ensure that the system can be effectively used for its meaningful use.

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