Emrs And Ambulatory Surgery Centers

At present, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are facing multiple operational challenges

. While working in a highly competitive environment, reimbursements are regrettably low. As a result, ASCs are forced to make do with limited resources at their disposal. Usually, ASCs are under-staffed and overburdened while there is an increasing pressure from payors and regulatory bodies. These are the reasons why an ASC must continually improve practice workflows, reduce costs and improve the overall quality of care.

Electronic medical records can help ASCs achieve these objectives whilst improving practice outlook. Designed to minimize clinical errors, EMRs ensure the completion and accuracy of documentation. Automated alerts are generated to highlight any abnormal inputs or results while the system restricts progression if any step or process is incomplete, e.g. a physician cannot move to the procedural documentation stage without completing the physical assessment. This built-in workflow policing helps in improving patient safety.

Efficient workflow procedures are likely to save valuable time. By automating documentation processes, practices can save considerable time spent on retrieving and storing paper charts. Practice staff can access information readily when required, thereby improving response time and care quality. Through streamlined operations, EMR enable practices to remain compliant with industry standards, while built-in statistical reporting functions help practices better analyze and manage their resources.

Our surgeons prefer to do their own discharge instructions and by using an EMR they can simply create generic draft notes for frequent problems, says an ASC practice manager. They can quickly make any patient specific changes and save loads of time.

Apart from reducing costs by eliminating paperwork, EMRs help reduce communication and transactional costs with third parties such as payors, labs and pharmacies. Test redundancies can be avoided by utilizing its image storage capabilities. It is common for practices to pay reduced premiums for malpractice while using an EMR.

Electronic medical records can also help ASCs create a better audit trail and enable evidence based practice. As charting and documentation is automated, information is becomes more timely and accurate. Issues such as documentation errors, redundancy, illegibility and disorganization are significantly reduced by helping practices improve claims submissions and reducing chances of re-submissions. With the mounting regulatory mandates, EMRs can help ASCs and surgeons better handle changes while ensuring long term benefits of digitized medical information.

by: Frank Quinn

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