As people in the medical profession, we are constantly learning and evolving each day with more research and updates. With an ever increasing array of advanced techniques, research updates and health care options available, physicians face considerable competition. Gone are the days where a mere telephone book listing or hospital affiliation would be enough to sustain …
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Do EMRs Improve Quality and Efficiency of Medical Care?
Electronic medical records (EMR) allow collection and maintenance of patient records digitally. A digital format helps in saving time spent in gathering past records. This is of significance in a developing country like India, which has a doctor patient ratio of 1:17001. Doctors are heavily burdened, and India is projected to fall short of 5 …
Do Electronic Medical Records Help Patient Recall?
It has become a common practice to help the patient get printed instructions and information after they leave an office. Before the introduction and implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR), patient’s information materials were pamphlets, handouts, interactive computer programs, and videos. Patients’ medical records meanwhile can be interpreted through the EHR and clinicians are able …
5 Ways to Manage Patient Appointments Effectively
Patient scheduling is one of the most important operational in private practices and Hospitals that help deliver care. It is a major tool for physicians, patients, and for overall staff satisfaction and also for practice profitability. Regularly, it does not receive the consideration it needs, to the detriment of the practice. Here are five ways …
Medical Software: Web-based or Offline?
Every medical office is required to run on a both cost-effective and well-organized medical billing software program. This software manages everything, from record-keeping of patients and planning appointments, placing payments, and distributing out weekly or monthly patient statements. Currently, billing is either paper or web-based. Paper-based consists of physical paper that has medical records in …
What is a Hospital Management System?
The IT system has revolutionised the field of medicine. In this fast-paced world of medicine, it is a daunting task to manage a multi-speciality hospital. A hospital management system (HMS) is a computer or web based system that facilitates managing the functioning of the hospital or any medical set up1. This system or software will help in making the …
Why Should Doctors Use a Medical Billing Software?
Modern healthcare is a complex system that integrates different services and activities not necessarily entirely pertaining to medical and by all means, not free of charge. Health costs money, so regarding medical side, practices must organize their finances and management. In this article Time Saving The medical billing process is an intricate interplay between the …
Medical Software for Doctors: Where is it Used?
As technology progresses, digitization becomes an indispensable need. In a healthcare organization, medical software, a form of digitization, is used for a wide variety of purposes. Its uses range from patient record keeping, insurance and billing to appointment scheduling and even electronic prescriptions. In this article Medical Management and Administration: Medical software use for managing …
Do Electronic Medical Records Reduce Patient’s Waiting Time?
Long waiting time is what upsets patients most. It wouldn’t be wrong if patient’s anxiety is directly related to the waiting time. Therefore, quick access to medical services is most appreciated and spending valuable time in front of the doctor’s office makes patients nervous and practitioners ineffective. In this article How can we optimise? The digitalization …
Best Practices in Generating Referrals For Your Practice
In today’s times, competition has reached new heights. Even if a medical practitioner is great at clinical skills, to outshine direct competition faced from other private clinics, it is necessary to market himself well. Marketing does not need to be an expensive campaign. Few but hard hitting and time-tested techniques can help to increase the …