Judge for yourself.
Some practices already use knowledge-based electronic patient records.
Their foresight and willingness to commit the necessary start-up funds and resources have led to marked improvements in the efficiencies of their operations. Physicians and pharmacists have to deal both with patients waiting to be served and incoming phone calls, so most calls are put on hold, often for several minutes. This results in poor service to the patients and additional costs to providers. An EPS can benefit physicians, pharmacists and patients by dramatically decreasing telephone time. These services also use a clearinghouse hub that performs quality assurance, drug utilization review and off-site data backup.