As an IT solution provider for the last 6 years, supporting small and medium size business - which includes Clinics and Community Health Centers, our belief and ultimate goal is to help transform the Health Industry to a truly interoperable state. This has been a major issue within health-care for many years now, but no longer! Here at SERV3, we have been researching EMR solutions for over 2 years and Medisoft/Practice Partner are the answer!

Medisoft/Practice Partner, contains a codification process that allows for true interoperability with regards to patient information exchange! Medisoft/Practice Partner is derived entirely from CMS guidelines for Evaluation and Management. This database is also updated with new clinical data on a quarterly basis; every year. Medisoft/Practice Partner-based EMRs are the largest Point of Care systems in use today and will only continue to get larger!

Why is this important?

This is extremely important for a number of reasons, but primarily because having a codified solution allows providers unprecedented E&M coding accuracy at the point of care! E&M coding is generated while simultaneously creating a providers patient note, or encounter! No more need for expensive transcriptionists costs! On average, providers under code existing patients 60% of the time! In some cases, we have seen this as high as 90% of the time! This is where Return on Investment (ROI) comes into play.

On a larger scale, Medisoft/Practice Partner is a codified computer generated nomenclature, which allows for seamless patient data information exchange! Providers and practices now have the ability to share patient information in an electronic format (or interoperability); just as the business industry has had the luxury of doing for many years, already!

The Department of Health and Human Services, directed by Dr. David Brailer, has set forth an initiative to create national standards for interoperability among health industry providers. CCR, or Continuity of Care Record, is an emerging standard for communicating patient health information electronically so that it is accessible to clinicians and patients. CCR intendeds to provide a snapshot of essential patient information, rather than a complete patient record, that will enable a physician to understand patient conditions and provide appropriate care. It is expected to improve continuity of care, reduce medical errors, and ensure a minimum standard of secure health information transportability. CCR currently has the technical capability to facilitate the highest level of interoperability (Level 4).

Codified data, captured at the point of care, is the foundation for full and useful interoperability. As stated before, the seamless interoperability of codified data based on an industry standard is an everyday occurrence in various industries, including banking transactions and insurance claims processing. In the healthcare industry, codified data will allow for significant interoperability opportunities in research, advanced access to patient data and data sharing between facilities while preserving patient confidentiality.

Non-codified solutions, which are text based, make-up of most of the EMRs on the market today, and are trying to achieve (Level 3) interoperability! Realistically, they are sitting at (Level 2) interoperability! Why purchase and implement an inferior product when you can purchase a State of the Art EMR at the same price, while exceeding all of the interoperability initiatives being set forth by Dr. David Brailer, the National HealthCare Coordinator.

Call SERV3, today, for your complete EMR assessment and let us show you the power of a Medisoft/Practice Partner based EMR!