DOCUMENTING CARE IN THE EXAM ROOM SHOULD ADD VALUE TO THE PATIENT VISIT

19 September 2022

Let’s face it; most physicians claim that documenting care in front of the patient takes away from the one-on-one patient encounter.

Physicians that feel this way utilize EHR technology that is designed around drop-down pick lists. For this reason most physicians and care givers invest extra time after the patient visit to document the patient encounter. Even worse, many physicians and care givers stay late after clinic or come in early to catch up on patient documentation. The double whammy is when physicians and care givers are forced stay late and come in early due to using unproductive EHR software. This is not the fault of the physician or care giver but the technology being used by these providers.

So why are drop-down pick lists designed in the vast majority of EHR Software? The answer is drop-down pick lists are simple to develop in any software. This type of EHR technology is cheap to design as the programmer simply has to insert new boxes on a page. To make fields mandatory the programmer codes the field to require a selection. The big problem with this type of technology in healthcare is that drop down pick lists are designed for people that sit at their desks all day. Healthcare providers that provide patient care are mobile throughout their day providing examinations and treatment plans with the need to document patient care. To expect a physician to follow an endless list of drop down pick list to document care for each patient visit is not an efficient use of their time.

To save time and work smarter healthcare providers must look to implement EHR technology that actually saves time and is enjoyable for the provider to use in clinic each day. There is absolutely no reason for a physician or any other healthcare provider to struggle with EHR technology or complain about the time it takes to document patient care. The problem centers on EHR technology being used by the clinic. If the EHR Software is not engineered to save time, that EHR Software will continue to create inefficiencies for the providers. The only choice is to change EHR systems that focus on the physician care giver experience.

As a leading provider of Electronic Health Records Software, MD Logic designed the MD Logic EHR Software to be used exclusively with touch screen technology. There are NO cumbersome drop-down pick lists. Our clinical software is designed to streamline the collection of health data for each patient encounter with the simple touch of buttons based upon each patient visit. Our style of software is used in airports to check-in for your flights, hotels to check-in and check-out in addition to restaurants to order food and drinks. This technology is much more difficult to design but will save the end user time in navigating the software and documenting patient care. Today’s market offers a tremendous number of choices in touch screen tablets for healthcare providers to choose from in a variety of sizes and colors. The cost to purchase these tablets is very reasonable as these tablets are carried throughout the clinic with each provider. This makes accessing a patient chart, inbox and communicating with staff instantaneous.

Physicians that utilize the MD Logic EHR Software are able to see more patients in a clinic day compared physicians using a drop-down pick list EHR Software. The reason is simple: The MD Logic EHR Software is simple to navigate and allows a provider to sit across from a patient with a tablet in their hand and touch the screen to document the patient encounter. The MD Logic EHR Software enhances the patient visit by allowing the healthcare providers to document care as the patient answers their questions. When it comes to the examination, the healthcare provider can set down the tablet and complete the examination and then document care after the exam is completed. If the physician utilizes a medical assistant, the physician can call out the examination findings during the examination and the medical assistant can document care. Either way, MD Logic makes it enjoyable to document patient care in the exam room.

To learn how MD Logic can reduce your overhead, increase efficiency and maximize profitability, please contact our corporate headquarters today at 800-273-7750.