Friday, February 6, 2009

Store patient diagnostic report data today to preload a future EMR



Paper and faxes are the predominant methods of report delivery to physician offices despite the availability of the reports in electronic format (HL7). Smartlink enables physician practices to take advantage of electronic reports delivery without a full EMR solution. Secure electronic interfaces are implemented between the report producers and the Smartlink system to replace or augment the paper delivery mechanism.

Smartlink is a multi-user electronic medical records system designed to retrieve, store and display patient reports from many sources, including reports from medical imaging procedures, laboratory results, dictated reports of surgery, as well as patient demographics and contact information.

Stored reports are accessible using a web browser and can be easily exported to a format supported by the EMR or Document System.


Smartlink complements any physician office workflow environment: EMR, document management system, or paper based and provides a stepping stone modular approach to full EMR adoption.

http://www.smartlinkemr.com

An EMR prepopulated with historical reports and active interfaces at go-live increases successful EMR implementation as well as provides "effective use" to satisfy stimulus requirements.