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Patient EMR: The Evolution of Patient Documentation : 

Patient EMR: The Evolution of Patient Documentation Sponsored by:

Today’s Patient EMR Presenter : 

Craig Mercure VP, Sales & Marketing Joined MxSecure in 2003 13 years of experience in sales and marketing in the healthcare market Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University in Purchasing and Logistics Management and obtained his MBA from the University of Phoenix Today’s Patient EMR Presenter

Today’s Agenda : 

Healthcare Stimulus Current State of Patient Documentation Future State of Patient Documentation Today’s Agenda

HITECH Act Overview : 

Part of ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) Incentives to encourage Professionals and hospitals to utilize EHR technology Meaningful Use Rapidly changing patient documentation HITECH Act Overview

Medicare Incentive Matrix : 

Medicare Incentive Matrix Adoption Year Incentive Year Source: Title IV Subtitle A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Medicaid Incentive Matrix : 

Medicaid Incentive Matrix Adoption Year Incentive Year Source: Title IV Subtitle A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Current Patient Documentation Process : 

Handwriting Transcription Speech Recognition Point and Click EMRs Current Patient Documentation Process

Handwriting : 

Pros Quick, Easy Retains current workflow Cons Not structured or encoded Legibility Handwriting

Transcription : 

Pros Fast, easy, expressive Retains current workflow, favored by physicians Skilled Professionals Cons Not structured or encoded Transcription still needs to be interpreted Inconsistent turn around times Transcription

Speech Recognition : 

Pros Reduce documentation costs Immediate turn around Cons Not structured or encoded Physician needs to still edit their notes Learning curve Speech Recognition

EMR Documentation : 

Pros Coded clinical data Immediate entry into patient record Practice uniformity Cons Manual process Documentation of narrative Inflexible EMR Documentation

Future Patient Documentation Process : 

Continuity of Care (CCD) Discrete Reportable Transcription Patient demographics Medication list Immunizations Medication allergy list Problem list Procedures Diagnostic test results Future Patient Documentation Process

The Future is Now : 

Find an option that is most productive for provider and helps him deliver better patient care 2009 HITECH Act (Stimulus) will rapidly accelerate the need for this type of technology and services Patient documentation is going to see rapid change over the next 5 years Understand what options are out there and what will work best for your practice The Future is Now

Questions? : 

For more information contact: Craig Mercure Craig.mercure@mxsecure.com 888.580.1010-Toll Free 480.776.8912-Direct www.mxsecure.com Questions?