EHR System - MxSecure

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Top Reasons to Adopt an EHR System

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Todays Presenter

• Barbara Brownlee, EHR System Specialist,
  MxSecure
• With MxSecure since 2006
• 30 years in healthcare
• 17 years Sales and Marketing experience
• BS in Medical Technology, Medical College of
  Georgia

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Todays Agenda

• Why Electronic Health Records?
• Why Now?
• Why MxChart EHR?

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Why EHR?

• Patient
• Practice
• Government

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Patient Focus

• Clear, accessible timely information
• Chart availability
• Alerts
• Drug alerts
• Important screening alerts
• Clinical decision-making
• Sharing of information, continuity of care

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Practice Focus

• Efficiency
• Workflow and Communication
• Space/Storage
• Better Documentation

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Undercoding

• Study by University of WI Medical School
• Confirms what many of you already know
• Doctors dont give themselves enough credit
• Tendency is to undercode
• Family physicians manage an average of 3.05
  problems/visit
• Document 2.82 problems in chart
• Bill for 1.97 problems
• Source amednews.com (AMA e-newsletter)

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HITECH Act

• Government incentives to move to EHR
• 44,000 per provider for Medicare
• 63,750 per provider for Medicaid
• Requires certified EHR and Meaningful Use

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Why Now?

• You are ready to take make improvements in your
  patient care and practice efficiency
• You want/need better documentation
• You plan to take advantage of Medicare or
  Medicaid stimulus incentives

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Why EHR?

• "There are still bumps in the road, but
  inevitably patients win from better and more
  timely and targeted treatment, potentially
  earlier intervention and treatment of
  life-altering health conditions. Doctors can
  improve their quality of service and bottom line,
  decrease mistakes, expand their patient base and
  have access to advanced decision support
  resources.
• Erin Stevenson, Redwood Medical Consulting
• www.healthdatamanagement.com

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Questions?

• For more information contact
• Barbara Brownlee
• barbara.brownlee_at_mxsecure.com
• 888.580.1010-Toll Free
• 480.776.8933-Direct