Web Based EMR Is the Future

Posted on February 15, 2012 by admin

There are many good reasons to switch your patient record keeping over to a web based EMR service. Chief among these is the amount of time that using this type of service will end up saving you and your patients. When you make the switch, you will find that all entries will only have to be entered in each patient’s records once, rather than having to be written down on paper and then either transcribed and placed in their charts or filed, each of these steps take up a lot of time.

Save Room in Your Practice with Web Based EMR

When you use web based EMR, your patients are always going to have access to their medical records wherever you send them for consultations. This is far better than their having to sign consent forms and wait for their records to be transferred or picking them up to take with them. Even more importantly, you will no longer have to use an entire room to store hundreds of medical records; this might even open up another exam room and speed up your patient care.

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There Are Medicare EMR Incentives to Help Cover Your Expenses

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

If one of the reasons that you have yet to make the change to using to electronic medical records is that you think it is going to cost you too much money, you might be surprised to find that there are Medicare EMR incentives being offered. These incentives have been put in place by the government not only to help offset the cost, but to convince everyone of the importance of making the switch.

Medicare EMR Incentives Are Offered On a Sliding Scale

The one thing you need to realize about the Medicare EMR incentives being offered by the government is that you need to make the change soon. This is because these incentives are in fact being offered on a sliding scale and will go down each year until 2014. By 2014 all medical care providers must have converted to using EMR. If you reach this year and have not converted, rather than receiving incentives to switch, you will end up being fined.

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Our Medical Transcription Service Offers Fast Turnaround Times

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

One of the biggest complaints that most physicians’ offices have with the medical transcription service they are currently using is that they offer such slow turnaround time. While there are times when time is not of the essence, for the most part if you do not get your transcriptions back within 24-48 hours, it can have a negative impact on your ability to care for your patients.

Our Medical Transcription Service is Among the Fastest

While 24-48 hours may be good enough for the average medical transcription service, we take pride in being better than most. You can dictate your notes from any telephone or into a digital recorder and we will have it transcribed and returned to you within 12-24 hours and guarantee it to be one hundred percent accurate. This is amongst the best in the industry and you never have to worry about a language barrier.

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Our Medical Billing Software Can Help You Get Paid

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

One of the biggest problems faced by most physicians’ offices is getting paid. In most cases, it is not the cash paying patients that present a problem. The main reason that doctors are not getting paid is the insurance companies. Many of them will not pay the bills being submitted based on simple mistakes, mistakes that our medical billing software can prevent.

Our Medical Billing Software Can Save You Money

Not only can our medical billing software help to ensure that the insurance companies pay their due, but because we keep it up to date, you will get paid more. This is because our software has been designed to seek out every possible code and make sure that when your bills are submitted, they are properly coded so that you get the most out of every submission and stop giving away your services.

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Why ZoomMD Provides Web Based EMR

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin

When ZoomMD was creating our electronic medical records system, we worked closely with physicians as well as computer experts. Our goal was to create a package that met the “meaningful use” criteria for Medicare incentives and was easy to learn and use. After getting feedback from both medical and technology experts, we decided that web based EMR was the way to go.

Three Chief Benefits of Web Based EMR

Web based EMR made sense to us for many reasons. First, buying software for every member of the office staff who handles patient records is a hefty upfront expense that might discourage smaller medical practices from participating. Second, a software based system can be accessed only through computer that have the proper software installed. A web based system can be accessed with any computer. Finally, data stored on site is vulnerable to unanticipated factors such as theft, fire, flooding, etc. Data stored securely on the web can always be retrieved, no matter what happens within your office. To give our web based EMR a try, call ZoomMD at 1-800-992-6382. You’ll be glad that you did.

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Why Turn to ZoomMD for EHR?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

Due to government incentives and the need to be able to keep accurate records about patient care, many physicians’ offices have decided to switch over to keeping electronic health records or EHR. If you’ve decided to make the switch, you’re probably finding out that you have a wealth of choices and more companies than you ever imagined existed are clamoring for your business. Why does it make sense to choose ZoomMD for your electronic health records?

Benefits of Using ZoomMD for EHR

ZoomMD boasts several features that put us head and shoulders above our competition. First, we are fully certified by CCHIT. We also offer the technology and advice you need to become a “meaningful user” which may make you eligible for financial incentives from the government. Finally, all of your patient information is stored securely at a remote location. You can log on and find out what you need to know at any time from any computer. There is no expensive software to buy and no long-term contracts to sign. As far as setting up EHR services go, we make things as easy and painless as possible. If you’ve decided it’s time to start keeping electronic medical records, give ZoomMD a call and let us help.

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Why Cloud EMR Is a Better Choice than Software

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

Some patients are nervous about the idea of their records being stored online in the hypothetical “cloud.” At ZoomMD, however, we believe that cloud EMR is absolutely the way to go for several reasons. First, if you store your records onsite, they are vulnerable to theft and damage. If a fire broke out in your office complex, for instance, it could destroy the hard drive containing information about all your patients. If the information was stored in the cloud, it would remain safe no matter what happened to your computers.

Cloud EMR Allows Easier Access

Suppose you’re on call when a patient telephones with an urgent medical question. In order to answer it, you need to know some information from your patient’s files. If you were using a software system, it probably would not be installed on your home computer so you and your patient would be out of luck. Cloud EMR, however, would let you access your patient’s information from any computer as long as you had the proper authorization. After intensive study and conversations with both physicians and engineers, ZoomMD has decided that cloud EMR technology is the way to go. If you have questions about the technology, give us a call at 1-800-992-6382, and our trained staff will be glad to address any of your concerns.

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Why 2010 Is the Year to Start Using EMR in Your Office

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

It’s coming. No, not the end of the world, but the time when even the smaller paper-based medical practices have to switch over to electronic medical records. If you’ve been dragging your feet, make 2012 the year you find an EMR provider and take action. What’s significant about 2012? If you register during this year, you will still be eligible to earn all of the Medicare/Medicaid incentives available over the next five or six years. For Medicare alone, the incentives total $44,000, plus whatever incentives the state offers.

Trust ZoomMD to Help You Get up to Speed with EMR

You may find electronic medical records hopelessly confusing, but ZoomMD offers an easy-to-use, intuitive system, routine upgrades, and telephone support as needed. With our help, you’ll soon get past the initial adjustment phase and wonder why on earth you didn’t switch to an EMR system sooner.

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What Does Meaningful Use EMR Entail?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Meaningful use EMR came about as the result of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It provides for incentives to go to medical practices that switch from a paper-based to an electronic medical records practice and who make “meaningful use” of their electronic medical records. Meaningful use includes such actions as using the electronic records to track a patient’s clinical information, to generate reports, and to use the system to assist with clinical decision making.

ZoomMD and Meaningful Use EMR

The ZoomMD electronic health records system is fully certified by CCHIT. This means our system meets all the requirements for meaningful use EMR. We even provide a dashboard to track instances of meaningful use and make sure you remain eligible for Medicare and Medicaid incentives. We also tailor the system to meet the unique needs of your practice and provide careful training and technology support to allow you to use every aspect of our EMR system. When you work with us, you won’t have any trouble meeting meaningful use criteria.

 

 

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Protect Your Valuable Data with Cloud Based EMR

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

Many people don’t think much about cloud based EMR because no one likes to think that the worst could happen, but if you’ve been in the health care field for any length of time, you know that fate is not always kind. If you store your electronic medical records on sight, for instance, what would happen to that information if the building burned down, or if a power surge damaged your hard drive? Suppose a disgruntled employee inserted a virus into the system that erased all the data? Would you have the time and the ability to recreate the information that was lost?

Cloud Based EMR Is Not Vulnerable to Theft or Damage

If recreating lost data would be a significant drain on your resources, there is another way to keep you data safe. Cloud based EMR, also known as web based EMR, stores your data securely off site on the World Wide Web. You can tap into it whenever you need to do so, but because it is not stored in a specific location, it is not vulnerable to being stolen or damaged. With the cloud based EMR offered by ZoomMD, you’re bound to sleep better at night, knowing that all of your valuable patient information is safe and secure.

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