Electronic Medical Records

For decades, narrative transcription has contained a wealth of important patient information. Dictation is the fastest, easiest way for physicians to document encounters and the output, a transcribed report, is easily read by downstream users – clinicians, coders, billers, payers.

Medical group decided that to be most successful with EMR adoption, 100 percent physician population utilization would be necessary.

Today, 40 physicians at Slocum-Dickson Medical Group (SDMG), a physician-owned medical group located in New Hartford, N.Y., are using real-time speech recognition to dictate into their electronic medical record (EMR) system.

At Holston Medical Group (HMG) in Kingsport, Tenn., we have used an electronic health record (EHR) since 1996 to enhance the quality and efficiency of the care we provide. Over the years, as HMG has grown to include 102 providers in 26 locations across northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, the TouchWorks EHR from Allscripts has delivered benefits similar to those documented by other physician practices, including improved contracts with insurers, lower transcription costs, reduced physical space requirements, lower costs for chart pulling and filing, faster auditing, reductions in malpractice premiums, and higher patient and physician satisfaction.

Software innovations enable health plans to structure results-driven disease-management programs and demonstrate true ROI.

With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its focus on systemic healthcare reform, every segment of the market is investigating strategies that will increase patient access and enhance clinical outcomes, while controlling costs more effectively.