| These days, just about everything is online. You | | | | time you walk out of the clinic. Scheduling |
| can date online, play poker online, and chat with | | | | systems that can be added in to the electronic |
| your friends online. Your banking and investing is | | | | medical record software pull all of the patient |
| easy to do online, and there are even sites that | | | | information, giving front desk staff the |
| allow you to shop for groceries online. So when | | | | information they need to quickly process your |
| you go to the doctor or check yourself in to a | | | | visit. Once you get back to the doctor, he or she |
| south Chicago Illinois hospital, shouldn't you expect | | | | can pull up information from past visits, including |
| your medical records to be online, too? Though | | | | any tests or imaging that may have been done |
| we're not there quite yet, more and more | | | | on the hip, leg, or back that might relate to the |
| hospitals and healthcare organizations are making | | | | current pain you are having. And if the doctor |
| the switch from inefficient paper records to fully | | | | needs to prescribe anything, they can quickly and |
| functioning electronic medical records software | | | | accurately send an order to the pharmacy of |
| suites. The result is more power to the patient, | | | | your choice. |
| lower costs for the hospital or healthcare | | | | Now imagine a couple days after your |
| organization, and hopefully more accurate and | | | | appointment you get in a car accident and are |
| timely data. And when electronic medical records | | | | rushed to Momence Hospital. If they have an |
| are couple with remote access to those records, | | | | electronic medical records system that taps into |
| patients truly do have their health history at their | | | | the system you use at your clinic, the hospital |
| fingertips. | | | | staff may be able to quickly pull up your records |
| If you live in Illinois and go to the Watseka | | | | and get a complete medical profile of you, |
| Healthcare Center, you are going to want to have | | | | including any allergies or concerns. That's an |
| a smooth, effortless visit, regardless of what you | | | | extremely powerful thing, one that allows for |
| are seeing the doctor or specialist for. For | | | | better care more quickly. And though these sorts |
| instance, perhaps you're seeing your primary care | | | | of systems should bring about efficiencies that will |
| doctor because you have some pain in your hip. | | | | help healthcare organizations save money, the real |
| With electronic medical records, your visit can be | | | | winner is you. After all, when you can get better, |
| made easier from the time you check in to the | | | | faster care, that's a real plus! |