E-mail messaging enhances communication within the office by allowing staff to message each other from any workstation instantly. Chart requests and audits. When a practice receives a request for copies of medical records, the chart must be located and pulled, copied, reassembled and re-filed. An EMR eliminates this process since the entire chart is accessible and printable from a workstation. Chart auditors can be given access to a workstation to pull requested records.
All practices look for cost reduction.
In general, practices spend less after implementing an EMR than before. Reduced transcription costs. If clinicians complete their documentation at the point of care, virtually no transcription is needed at the end of the day. After implementation, transcription time decreased by one-third, turnaround time decreased to one day and the practice was able to add two providers. However, it is not necessary to force all physicians to give up transcription to lower costs.