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infections, says Ms. Coubrough. "When we decide there is something
we would like to track or something we need to report, we discover
new capabilities," she says.
When Jennifer Teeter, COA, administrator of the Fry Eye Surgery
Center in Garden City, Kan., went live with her EMR last summer, she
had already completely customized the software's templates. "We custom-designed all EMR templates in-house for ease of use," she says.
"It was very similar to the paperwork process. Staff trained very easily."
Digital to-do lists
The most pleasant surprise for Ms. Teeter was the software's "tasking"
WISH LIST
H
ere's a sampling of what surgical
facility leaders wish their software
could have or do, according to our
recent survey:
• Integrate with pre-admission software.
• Let doctors' offices review and schedule
surgical procedures.
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE Your
• Retrieve lab values from doctors' offices.
EMR might have a lot more functionality
than you're aware of.
• Interact with the surgical software.
• Capture assistant hours on reports for credentialing of physician assistants.
• Voice activation.
• Integrated inventory system.
— Dan O'Connor
What Capability Do You
Wish Your EMR System Had?
