• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  + Record Management
  + Practice Interoperability
  + Automated Prescription Writing
  + Automated Prompts/Reminders
  + Electronic-Tablet Based Charts
  + Transcription
  + Scheduler with Eligibility Test
• Compliance Management
  + Core Elements
  + Regulatory Risks
  + Auditing and Monitoring
  + Documentation Guidelines
  + Audit Exposure Evaluation
• Data Entry and Payment Posting
+ Charge Entry
• Superbill Interface
• Variety of Claim Entry Formats
• Fax
+ Demographic Data Entry

• Coding
  + Coding Consistency
  + Discovery of Undercoding
• Claim Submission to Payers
• Patient Invoicing
• Follow Up
  
+ Discovery of Underpayment

• Payment Processing
• Collections
• Transparency, Analysis and Reporting
• Quality Control
  + Billing Process
  • Payment Distributions
  • Days in A/R
  + Claim Validation
  + Patient Eligibility Testing
  + Pricing
• Data Center
  

EMR technology contributes to medical practice in four ways:

3. Improved Administrative Efficiency

+ Universal and instant access to charts
+ No more lost charts
+ Phone tag reduction
+ Improved inter-office communication
+ Fewer call-backs from pharmacies
+ Higher quality documentation (legible, organized, complete)

+ template-driven charts, e.g.,
     - Family practice
           General physical exam template
           Pediatric Specific Templates
           Immunization Schedules/Growth Charts
           Ob/Gyn Exam Templates
           Referral Letters
           Lab letter templates

     - Cardiology
           Initial and follow up Cardiology Exams
           Exercise Stress Test
           Persantine Stress Test
           Dubutamine Stress Test
           Echocardiogram
           Event recorder