| Electronic medical billing is an automated method | | | | own server and software. |
| of managing document and billing flow. Electronic | | | | - Product updates are usually required. |
| billing makes the whole process of billing more | | | | - You need 3rd party software for online backups. |
| easy and manageable. It also provides substantial | | | | - Don't have more functionality to offer, if you |
| clinical care, financial, practice workflow, and | | | | have to access it remotely. |
| observance benefits to doctors, insurance | | | | Application Service Provider Architecture |
| companies, and patients. | | | | ASP architecture places the database server at |
| Rapid development is a salient feature of | | | | some other end instead of the doctor's office and |
| technology. According to a survey last year there | | | | allocates the majority of application logic to the |
| were eighteen new items presented by vendors | | | | server, reducing the amount of code needed to |
| of electronic medical record and billing systems, | | | | run on the client side. It allows users to interact |
| eighteen new items split between Application | | | | with application directly via Internet browser, |
| Service Provider (ASP) solutions and Client Server | | | | entirely eliminating the need for local office |
| (CS)-based technologies. Some features of Client | | | | infrastructure and its management overheads. |
| Server and ASP architecture are given below: | | | | There is no need of any office infrastructure and |
| The Client Server Architecture | | | | management to handle the technical detail of the |
| Internet revolves around the client-server | | | | software because all of the technical things will be |
| architecture. Where your computer is the client | | | | handled on the vendors end, centrally and they |
| and it interacts with different servers located at | | | | are going to responsible for everything including |
| remote locations. The client is usually a browser; | | | | compliance, disaster recovery, installation, |
| Browsers interact with the server using a set of | | | | upgrades, backups, and restores. |
| instructions called protocols. These protocols help | | | | Advantages and Disadvantages of using an ASP |
| in the accurate transfer of data through requests | | | | system include: |
| from a browser and responses from the server. | | | | Advantages of using ASP for EMR |
| Client/Server models allow for quicker response | | | | - Online backup service. |
| times in the application as the data from the | | | | - Reduces the cost of maintenance as the |
| server to the client is transmitted much faster | | | | technical details are handled by IT professional. |
| (usually 100 Mbits/second). The newer client | | | | - You can access it from anywhere in the world |
| server products developed in Java and | | | | all you need is a internet connection |
| Microsoft.Net are capable of offering the "best of | | | | - Cost less because u doesn't have to hire any |
| both worlds" as they have the speed of a local | | | | technical staff. |
| system plus the accessibility from a remote | | | | Disadvantages of using ASP for EMR |
| location. The newer systems can be accessed | | | | - You don't control your data because it is not |
| from any internet browser. Client/Server also | | | | handled on your end. |
| boasts the benefits of practice having the control | | | | - Risk of company not performing routine |
| over their data. However with this control comes | | | | maintenance (backup, updates, and performance |
| responsibility; the responsibility of being responsible | | | | enhancements) as promised. |
| for your data as you are now open to the risk of | | | | - Dependant on internet connection. |
| theft, fire, hard-drive failure and data corruption. | | | | Purchasing the right software is the most |
| Advantages and Disadvantages of using a client | | | | important thing to be considered. As we all know |
| server system | | | | new things just keep on adding in the software |
| Advantages of Client/Server for EMR | | | | even after purchasing, it will be continuously |
| - Overall operation is faster | | | | modified as it is an emerging technology new |
| - Better control over Data | | | | features will be keep on adding. With the ASP |
| - It is not dependent on Internet | | | | model, the practice will access the new feature |
| - Better integration with imaging devices | | | | almost immediately upon release. The Client |
| (scanners, printers) and on-site resources | | | | Server software requires updates for the new |
| Disadvantages of Client/Server for EMR | | | | features. |
| - It cost much more as you had to buy your | | | | |