Family physician practices are often slow to adopt new technologies but with so many patients with such wide ranging conditions, keeping up with the changing patient landscape is intimidating. To keep up with this change, you need to embrace technology. Electronic medical records can give physicians access to medical data like patients’ diagnoses, allergies etc. which allows them to make better decisions in a timely manner. As a doctor, you would stay connected through a dedicated and secure network and also enable patients to check their medical results easily.
You should consider adopting EMR software as many patients would be excited to work with a networked health care provider, plus it sets your practice apart from other offices. Not only that, but implementing an EMR system saves you time and money, not to mention all the space required for storing paper medical records. Consider all the space you’d be saving with a EMR system, which could be used for better purposes, like adding a new medical device. Thanks to modern day technology you no longer have to do that and instead benefit from an increased portability and accessibility of the electronic medical records.
EMRs also reduce human errors like misspelling and prevent files from being lost, as electronic medical records can be stored forever and be continually updated. Doctors running small private practices would also benefit from electronic medical records in tracking health and medical history of their patients. For example, some EMR systems monitor clinical events, by analyzing medical information in order to detect and potentially prevent adverse events. If you run a website where you promote your services, now you would get the chance to add more valuable information for your patients, including medical news and also allow them to schedule their appointments online.