subject: Patient Registry - The Software That Aids Clinical Care [print this page] Patient registry software was specifically developed in order to help clinics, pharmaceutical and bio-tech organizations, medical centers and physician offices improve the safety, quality and efficiency of patient's care. This software effectively captures and manages clinical information on chronic diseases, conditions and patients populations in order to support proof-based medicine for preventive health care and the effective management of chronic disease.
Patient registry software sure offers lots of advantages to organizations and individuals that want to adopt a preventive health care model and or pay-for-performance programs. Clinics use networked internet connected computers in order to provide a centralized point of health care management for their patients and the smooth coordination of their treatment. This way, the patient registry software application clearly identifies the current status' for patients, overdue check-ups or treatments, etc., by:Generating automated physician alert and patient prompts/alertsOffering clinical guidelinesAssessing the improvement in quality health careProducing provider specific reports in order to effectively monitor voids in health careProactive solutions will help physicians to improve management of basic health care, hospitalization or specialist referrals. You do not need to have special skills or training to implement patient registry software; it runs directly in your browser - so there is no software to install or maintain.Advantages of Using Patient Registry Softwarea) Alerts Caregivers This software is great for alerting physicians to patient specific screening tests, suggestions, exams and other types of preventive services at the very point of care. You need to also understand that the conditions for displaying these alerts may be modified and also set by the provider, in order to follow established directives or other requirements. The alerts can be also be individualized so as to address a patient's particular medical condition. This system successfully tracks chronic disease management or preventive management services offered to the patients or overridden and it also documents the reasons too.b) Reminders to Patients The patient registry software assists the physician teams to create, update and to individualize the regulations for patient reminders. In between healthcare visits, patients will receive automated notifications of tests, preventive services or treatments that are due or overdue. The system will send notifications by email or letter and immediately records this fact. It can also generate printed lists of patients who prefer to be notified by phone.c) Prepared and Unprepared Patient Care Reports Patient registry will make sure that physicians get easy access to relevant reports so that they can track the patients who require special medical attention. These reports also measure the changes in the practice's results and performance against the set clinical guidelines so as to clearly identify gaps in care. Physicians can easily carryout a search on individual patients or get aggregate data on patients with a particular type of condition or disease. The report on predefined population includes very common conditions such as CHF, CAD and diabetes.When you are choosing patient registry software for your clinic make sure that the registry component successfully tracks patients and all their conditions without any problem whatsoever.by: George Ritacco
