MediSoft Clinical EHR/EMR
McKesson’s
now offers a complete office solution adding a mature EMR (electronic medical records.
‘Practice Partner Clinical’) to MediSoft patient accounting
software. MediSoft Clinical
formerly Practice Partner Patient Records is a leader in the field of EMR. With
more than two decades of experience, we have a proven track record in
implementing a variety of Configurations, from small, single-workstation
practices to large, multi-workstation clinics. And with its impressive feature
set and intuitive ease-of-use, has the ability to transform your practice into
an efficient, "paperless" office and bring structure to your
patient’s records.
McKesson
Clinical Records provides a comprehensive feature set coupled with a friendly
and intuitive interface. This results in an EMR system that is powerful enough
for any office, yet easy-to-learn and easy-to-use. Here is a sample of just
some of the features contained in Patient Records:
Complete
Electronic Medical Records system (EHR/EMR) Medisoft Clinical
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Open multiple charts at the same time
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User-definable chart summary field
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MPI capabilities
Progress Note
Functionality
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Documentation by: free text, pre-defined, or user defined clinical templates,
clinical macros, and/or dictation
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Automatic updates on different sections of chart
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Review allows providers to review unsigned notes, incoming lab data, reports,
and letters
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Over 200 clinical templates (configurable on site)
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Clinical templates include E&M codes and AHCPR guidelines
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Easy attachment of images to notes
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Electronic signature documents author of progress note
Prescription
Writer
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Over 700 prescription templates provide dose, alternatives, and prices for the
prescribed medication
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Drug interaction and automatic allergy/intolerance checking 3
medication lists: Current,
Ineffective, and Historical
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Formulary checking
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Fax prescriptions from Patient Records directly to the pharmacy
Health
Maintenance
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Overdue health maintenance reminder
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Vital Signs data capture
Laboratory
Data
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Lab data can be imported from outside or in-house lab using industry standard
formats
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Abnormal data flag
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Practice Partner has built hundreds of lab interfaces to such labs as Labcorp,
Quest Diagnostics
Messaging
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Intra-office messaging
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Chart info can be e-mailed to consulting physicians
Reporting
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Missing progress notes
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Unsigned progress notes
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Unsaved progress notes
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Print chart summary
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Print complete patient chart
Awards
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Best EHR Software – TEPR 2006, 2005, 2004
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Top Rated EHR Software – AC Group 2007, 2006, 205, 2004
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CCHIT Certified 2008
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Best Integrated System – InvestMed 2004
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Technical Support Asware – InfoWorld “Top IT Projects 2005”
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AAN Five-Star Rating in 2006
American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
President
Obama has signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. The
legislation includes $19 billion to accelerate the adoption of electronic
health records by physicians and hospitals. Beginning in 2011, under the
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement portions of the plan, physicians who meet
certain criteria for meaningful use of a certified electronic health record
could qualify for significant reimbursement, up to a maximum of $64,000.
As
part of President Obama’s economic stimulus package officially known as the
American Recovery and investment Act of 2009 (or ARRA) approximately $20
Billion has been allocated to incentivize hospitals and physicians to adopt
Healthcare IT technology such as Electronic Health Records and E-Prescribing.
While the specific rules for administrating this program are still in
development, we do know that the program will operate much like the
CMS/Medicare incentives now in place for E-Prescribing. Similarly, Physicians
must use a “certified” EHR, and will have to show “meaningful use” of that EHR
software on an on-going basis through yet-to-be-established reporting
procedures. EHR’s will require certification.
Certified
Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is expected to be the
criteria for approved EHRs. If they meet these requirements, physicians would
receive substantial incentive payments through the Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement systems. Also like the E-Rx incentives, doctors that do not participate
will begin to see penalties after a certain amount of time (beginning
in 2015).
This
money will be available as incentives through the Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement systems to assist providers in adopting EHRs. Payments can be
substantial if a physician fully participates in the program, starting at
$18,000 in 2011 (for participation in year 2010) and over $40,000 over the life
of the program. Medicare incentives will reach $44,000 with a 10% royalty in
areas where physicians are in short supply. Medicaid incentives will reach
$64,000 with 20% incentives for Pediatricians. Physicians cannot participate in
both Medicare and Medicaid programs. You must choose one.
While
provisions around the incentives will take time to clarify, we are encouraging
doctors to begin planning now to make sure they are ready take advantage of the
maximum reimbursement. We expect the demand to initiate and deploy a
comprehensive EHR to escalate over the next 12 months. In order to accommodate
all practices, you are encouraged to begin the process before the demand delays
your implementation. There are over 200,000 practices in the 1-10 doctor range
with only 4% using EHRs in a “meaningful way”. If a practice doesn’t implement
in the next 12 months, they will not be eligible for the first year payments.
McKesson
has responded to the legislation with an Achieve HIT program for physicians.
Achieve HIT is designed to help healthcare providers optimize and accelerate
their efforts to improve care delivery as they put plans in place to achieve
meaningful use and qualify for the new government incentives. As part of the
Achieve HIT program, McKesson has provided an online information resource for
physicians at www.mckesson.com/doctors. The company is also offering a free physician
hotline at 1-877-EHR-1MCK, providing physicians or their staff the ability to
talk with McKesson representatives about their electronic health record (EHR)
requirements.
Practice
Partner® Patient Records is one of only few ambulatory electronic health record
systems to have met CCHIT certification requirements every year since the
inception of CCHIT in 2006. Most recently, Practice Partner Patient Records
Version 9.3 became a CCHIT Certified® product for CCHIT Ambulatory EHR 2008 and
Child Health. CCHIT Certified product certification designates that a health
information technology product has been tested against a set of functionality
(including electronic prescribing,) interoperability and security criteria and
has passed inspection of 100 percent of the criteria.
We
are excited to let you know that McKesson has applied for CCHIT certification
for Medisoft Clinical as well. Medisoft Clinical combines Medisoft and McKesson
Medisoft Clinical/Practice Partner EHR. Medisoft Clinical/Lytec Clinical and Practice
Partner are now CCHIT certified 2009. McKesson Medisoft Clinical/Lytec
Clinical/Practice Partner Patient Records Clinical also offers complete quality
reporting capabilities through its dynamic processing technology that allows
physicians to quickly search and report on clinical information. And, PPRNet, a
practice-based quality improvement and research network, offers quarterly,
practice-specific reports that measure clinical performance. This information
is provided as an outline of the ARRA program. Specific details will require
further government clarification and doctors are advised to read and understand
the terms under which ARRA will operate.
For
a more detailed summary of the ARRA, go to:
http://www.himss.org/content/files/HIMSSSummaryOfARRA.pdf