When I went to work today, I knew it would be a good day. Is the day when our ophthalmologist decided to go digital. You see, I work as a secretary in a doctors office the eye. I have heard many stories about electronic medical records and how they have helped many medical practices to be much more enjoyable and run more efficiently. As a secretary, a big part of my job is to make history around the world that is current and properly filed. However, the conversion of office for the use of EMR Software will make my job really easy. The problem here, however, is that it is an office with three ophthalmologists and only one is willing to transfer the files to their role of caregiver for the system software.
Let's give it a shot. My eye doctor (ie, working) has another office where he works two days a week. This office is a little smaller and have already made use of EMR software, and have been very successful and are doing very well. This is one reason why it is so stubborn in the conversion to EMR software, even when other doctors in the office trying to talk about it. Patients are also shared between doctors many times, so this means that others will have to find ways to use the system. Maybe when they do, will be convinced that EMR can be a very good asset to their practice.
About 4 weeks after
The transfer of all records of our role in the new system has not been an easy task. However, we're starting to see how the software is really going to speed things up around here. The other doctors remain critical of the new system, but even they have seen how it can be beneficial.
We raced to a specific problem in our industry. Unless you have worked in the office of an eye doctor before, you may not realize how big a card can get someone who has glaucoma. All patients with glaucoma have to come in almost every 5-6 months. Then we have to do two tests: Hormone replacement therapy and a visual field. Once we perform these tests we need to print out these tests, and usually both eyes are tested. That is a step that can not be overlooked, because a machine does not store information or even a machine has a connection to the computers we use. Therefore, after a few years, our practice has tons and tons of information on each patient's medical history.
We have a small scanner, so thick that the graphics take a bit of time to get all scanned in We could use something designed for more volume. Then, after the scanning, we've got each one for a site more for the program is designed for our EHR for the physician to have access to it when needed.
Two months later
Not much time has passed and the process of converting to digital format to our office is almost. I did not anticipate when we started this adventure, the problems we would like our management software practice down. We had to call all the letters were not because they were scanned. That does not happen very often thank God, but the patients had an additional delay that day.
Perhaps the biggest problem is that we are the only practice of trying to do this. We are in a clinic with several other practices. We do not have the resources necessary to convert all the REM. Need a better system and cooperation of all to start a business like that, so I could get rid completely of the charts forever.
Even with these minor problems, the transformation of our practice from paper to electronic medical record has helped significantly. We are using paper less and now I can devote much time to at least get the letters and other documents prepared for next-day appointments. Hopefully, when all the doctors and staff gather for our next meeting, he can convince everyone to turn their offices to an EMR and EHR Software. I really doubt that before long, all medical practices have EMR software installed on your system.
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