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As for ASCs that don't yet have EMR, just 35.9% are shopping for a
system, and the reason is quite simple: the lack of requirements (and
corresponding financial incentives) for surgery centers. Overall, 45.2%
of ASC respondents think such regulations and rewards will eventually come into play for their centers.
Ask what EMR can do for you
EMR was already in the works when I came on board at my ASC. In
addition to the possibility of having to comply with CMS requirements
down the road, we wanted to
• decrease the amount of storage space in medical records;
• be able to pull up any record, from any portal, in any of our 3 centers;
• be able to share information with outside parties such as insurance
companies and the billing department;
• speed access to patient medical records, scans, diagnostic testing
results, surgery information, medication history, allergy information,
patient history and the like;
• not be allowed to omit information that might be omitted if documenting by hand;
• be able to point and click on different portals to hasten dictation
and documentation, generation of discharge instructions and education materials, etc.;
• be able to quickly compile data for quality assurance and research,
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