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Category Archives: gloStream Articles
Why It’s Time to Review Your Workflows
An electronic medical record (EMR) implementation isn’t just about replacing paper charts with digital technology. EMRs also provide a perfect opportunity to review and improve your workflows. The result can be increased efficiencies—which means decreased costs. Your medical practice has probably been doing things the same way for a long time. Maybe you think you [...]
Paper is Safer? Depends Whom You Ask
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are safer than their paper counterparts, according to a new survey of physicians—but a similar survey of patients didn’t get the same response. They think paper is still safer, which means some education is in order. The survey, which was conducted by GfK Roper on behalf of Practice Fusion, asked patients [...]
Also posted in Healthcare Articles Tagged 2011Dec01, Electronic medical records, EMR safety, paper chart safety Comments closed
gloEMR Meets Tomorrow’s EMR Needs
As more electronic medical records (EMRs) come onto the market, it’s becoming difficult to choose one that will remain usable well into the future. Tomorrow’s EMRs will need to be interoperable, scalable, and easy to maintain, as well as offer a user-friendly interface and potential for mobile computing. One EMR, gloEMR from gloStream, can meet [...]
Posted in gloStream Articles Tagged 2011Dec03, gloEMR, Microsoft Office, Microsoft technology, mobile computing Comments closed
Avoiding Four EMR Implementation Mistakes
Electronic medical record (EMR) implementation has the potential to be an arduous process, in part because medical practices tend to make four major mistakes when transitioning from paper-based records: mismatching IT, misplacing resources, ignoring accountability, and mismanaging logistics. Below we outline those mistakes and explain how you can avoid them. Mistake #1: Mismatching IT. According [...]
Also posted in Healthcare Articles Tagged 2011Nov02, electronic medical record, EMR Implementation Mistakes, IT infrastructure Comments closed
gloDNA Helps Smooth EMR Transition
The process of implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) can be challenging for any medical group, in part because it’s about more than just IT. For example, resources need to be assigned to ensure that staff members have appropriate roles. One EMR provider, gloStream, achieves this with its innovative gloDNA process. Managing a major IT [...]
EMR Incentives Lead to Quality ROI
Government’s incentives for electronic medical record (EMR) adoption could pay off in improved quality of care, according to a new study. It found that patients in physician practices that used EMRs got better care and had better outcomes than those in physician practices that used paper records. The study, published in the New England Journal [...]
gloEMR Guarantees Your Success
gloEMR—gloStream’s electronic medical record (EMR)—isn’t just the only EMR that embeds Microsoft Office, thereby creating the industry’s most user-friendly and reliable EMR. It also comes backed with two solid guarantees that will ensure a fast path to meaningful use. First, gloStream guarantees that you’ll qualify as a meaningful user and acquire stimulus funding if you [...]
Five EMR Myths that Need to be Busted
Many health care practitioners are still reluctant to implement electronic medical records (EMRs) despite increasing evidence of their benefits to practices and patients as well as significant financial incentives from the federal government—but the following five myths should not be among your reasons for reluctance. EMRs are primarily for hospitals. EMRs are used more in [...]
gloEMR Proves EMR Technology is Affordable
It may be the number one concern among health care practitioners who are reluctant to implement electronic medical records (EMRs): The technology is expensive. And while that may have been true in the past, many EMRs are available for a fraction of the expected cost. How inexpensive is it? As just one example, gloSuite, gloStream’s [...]
Is Microsoft Office Built into Your EMR?