Electronic Medical Records Becoming More and More Prevalent

These days, just about everything is online. You can date online, play poker online, and chat with your friends online. Your banking and investing is easy to do online, and there are even sites that allow you to shop for groceries online. So when you go to the doctor or check yourself in to a south Chicago Illinois hospital, shouldn't you expect your medical records to be online, too? Though we're not there quite yet, more and more hospitals and healthcare organizations are making the switch from inefficient paper records to fully functioning electronic medical records software suites. The result is more power to the patient, lower costs for the hospital or healthcare organization, and hopefully more accurate and timely data. And when electronic medical records are couple with remote access to those records, patients truly do have their health history at their fingertips.

If you live in Illinois and go to the Watseka Healthcare Center, you are going to want to have a smooth, effortless visit, regardless of what you are seeing the doctor or specialist for. For instance, perhaps you're seeing your primary care doctor because you have some pain in your hip. With electronic medical records, your visit can be made easier from the time you check in to the time you walk out of the clinic. Scheduling systems that can be added in to the electronic medical record software pull all of the patient information, giving front desk staff the information they need to quickly process your visit. Once you get back to the doctor, he or she can pull up information from past visits, including any tests or imaging that may have been done on the hip, leg, or back that might relate to the current pain you are having. And if the doctor needs to prescribe anything, they can quickly and accurately send an order to the pharmacy of your choice.

Now imagine a couple days after your appointment you get in a car accident and are rushed to Momence Hospital. If they have an electronic medical records system that taps into the system you use at your clinic, the hospital staff may be able to quickly pull up your records and get a complete medical profile of you, including any allergies or concerns. That's an extremely powerful thing, one that allows for better care more quickly. And though these sorts of systems should bring about efficiencies that will help healthcare organizations save money, the real winner is you. After all, when you can get better, faster care, that's a real plus!

We hope that you never need to visit a south Chicago Illinois hospital. But if you do, Riverside HealthCare wants to make your stay a pleasant one. Whether you need Watseka healthcare or are visiting a family member at Momence hospital, Riverside is committed to high-quality patient care and well being!