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After the patient, the physician is probably
the biggest beneficiary of the Team
Chart Concept.
The most visible change to the physician's routine
is the patient examination. The business of seeing patients and
documenting those examinations is much faster with the Team
Chart Concept. Information is now organized and
accessible to the physician while in the exam room. The physician
has access to all previous clinical, financial, and scheduling information
for the patient at hand. The physician can instantly run clinical
reports and graph those reports for both his/her benefit and the
patient's benefit.
The physician can document the patient examination
in real-time while with the patient. Using Templates the physician
can 'audit' his/her dictation to ensure that proper levels of service
are billed. With Templates, the physician can 'automatically' and
'invisibly' request that other staff members make appointments,
referrals, prescriptions, referral letters, etc. on behalf of the
patient. Nurses can also run Templates to enter such things as
the patient's past medical history, allergies, medications, etc.
before the physician enters the exam room.
With the Team Chart
Concept, there are no more lost paper charts. There
are no more paper charts, period. Though, perhaps awkward for some
at first, being liberated from the paper chart frees the physician
to move at his/her speed from patient encounter to patient encounter.
Another, more subtle, change is in the efficiency
of the clinical staff. Like the physician, the staff is also freed
from the paper chart. They do not spend time tracking down lost
charts, or hand entering information into them. Efficient team
work between the physician and his/her staff is even more possible
because everyone has access to all relevant information stored with
the Team Chart Concept
from every computer. Information can be entered for the same patient
on different computers at the same time. The sharp clinical staff
members can better anticipate the wishes and movements of the physician
by watching information in the Team
Chart Concept and acting accordingly. Communication
between the physician and the staff is done automatically, as a
by-product of the intuitive documentation processes in the Team
Chart Concept.
And, of course, last but not least, the physician
has instant access to all financial information stored in the Team
Chart Concept. The physician can keep tabs on the
financial health of the practice. Click here
for information on the Financial Summary Report available in
the Team Chart Concept.
The physician now has the information needed to make decisions concerning
the management of his/her practice. Giving the billing staff the
best possible tools to manage financial information as efficiently
as the clinical staff manage clinical information, should ultimately
impact the physician's bottom line in a positive way.
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For The Physician
