Question

A local community center just purchased an electronic medical record system (EMR) and its board of directors wants it to justify the purchase. The center is small and understaffed, so the center’s CEO has asked you to help with the justification by identifying the benefits of the EMR and ways the benefits can be estimated to calculate a cost-benefit ratio.After explaining the benefits of the EMR and making suggestions for ways the benefits can be estimated to calculate a cost benefit ration, write a memo to the community health center’s Board of Directors that uses the cost-benefit to justify the purchase of the EMR.

Answer 1

Dear Sir,

Subj: Benifits of Purchasing Electronic Medical Record System:

Benefits Of EMR

EMR facilitates the clinical staff to access patients’ data at any particular location. EMR helps in the accurate and complete processing of claims by insurance companies, helps in the preparation of clinical notes, helps build automatic checks for drug interactions and prescriptions, facilitates sending the patients’ details to the labs and viewing them. In the recent past ,the term has been expanded and other systems have been included that keep track of additional relevant medical information. Electronic medical record is supported and surrounded by practice management system. There are many benefits of the electronic medical record, some of which include:

1.It Offers Speed processing:
In this speedy world of today that has to withstand cut throat competition, everything has to be done speedily and quickly. The same is true for medical practices wherein speed provides organizations the ability to compete with other players in the field. The use of EMRs helps in managing information for clinical and medical staff. A quick EMR system helps people spend less time in trouble shooting and spend more time in caring for the patients.

2.Easy Accessibility:
The information stored in an EMR can easily be viewed by people in different locations. The technology used in EMR allows information to be stored in a Palm device and be used whenever it is required.

3. Cost effective

The most significant feature of EMR is that it is cost effective and affordable. The ultimate goal of all businesses including medical businesses is to earn money and profits. As the EMR software makes use of online technology, there is not much set up costs or overheads and the users have to pay just the monthly usage fees.Now a days all people want to see their records online and sharing the records through email helps us saving in paper overheads and we are doing eco friendly business.

5. Versatility of use.

EMRs are capable of managing multiple office records of numerous patients at one point of time. This software is quite versatile and stores SOAP notes, medical transcription and medical codes. The software can be used by multiple users at one point of time.

Apart from all these benefits EMRs help hospitals save a lot of money which would otherwise go to waste in buying paper and maintaining file folders.

Based on the above analysis, here with i am proposing to purchasing EMR, for this please give your consent.

Feel free to revert any clarifications or questions regarding this.

Thank you.