EMR Solutions

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software helps practices leverage technology to become more efficient and improve patient care. As your practice considers a transition to an EMR, you will want to include the counsel of an experienced IT solutions provider with a broad range of experience and a proven track record of success. Claris Networks has helped dozens of medical facilities successfully implement EMR solutions hosted both on location and in the cloud.

Why EMRs?

EMRs answer the following questions:

• How can our practice run more efficiently?
• How can our physicians and personnel communicate better internally?
• How can we minimize human error in medical record keeping?
• How can patients receive the highest quality care from their physicians?
• How can we minimize the burden of recordkeeping?

Are You EMR Ready?

Before you make the transition, you will want to determine if your practice and its network are EMR ready. Consider the following in your decision-making process. Of course, Claris can provide assistance in answering these questions.

• Has your IT Company (or in-house IT person) managed a successful EMR transition?
• Is your wireless infrastructure adequate & secure to support a clinical “always on” environment for providers?
• Is your network infrastructure less than 2 years old
• Is your network infrastructure in a climate and access controlled environment?
• Does your practice or facility require any remodeling to accommodate new Workflow (ie: more nurses stations)?
• Do you operate on a secure email platform, such as Microsoft Exchange? (Gmail and others like it are not adequate platforms to support a robust, efficient and secure medical practice).
• Do you have adequate provision for data storage?
• Do you have server fail over redundancy?

Patient Safety

• It’s all about patient care. Employ the smartest physicians and the brightest nurses; mistakes can still happen. EMRs eliminate legibility problems, recognize conflicting prescriptions and allergy errors and add a layer of overall security to the safety of your patients.
• A paper file can only be in one place at a time. In emergency situations, an EMR allows multiple physicians in different locations to access necessary records and save lives.

Efficient Operations

• Operating an efficient practice relies on effective communication of accurate information. An EMR standardizes bookkeeping, saves time and relieves physicians of much of the recordkeeping burden, making your practice run smart and lean. A poor network, however, can slow the efficiency of a great EMR.
• Remember that the software is not independent of the technology it relies upon. The better the network infrastructure, the more efficient the practice.