SMA News Digest (Spring 2014) | Page 25

HEALTH CARE can access this information when and where you need it, including while standing at bedside. #4 Faster decisions about treatment based on completed laboratory test results! Because lab test results in the eHR Viewer are available the second they are entered online no matter where the test was conducted, you are able to make faster clinical decisions about patient care. #3 Real-time access to medication history! How many times have you been in a situation in which your patient does not remember what medications they were prescribed in the past? With the eHR Viewer you can access that information for the past 25 months – all while the patient is still in your clinic! #2 eHR Viewer information is safe and secure! eHealth Saskatchewan is accountable for ensuring appro- Unfortunately of all the things we complain about, “paperwork” is one of those necessary evils of business. For many years handling and processing of such has been a teamwork approach. Today with the focus on EMR the objective is to minimize paperwork yet maintain the high level of patient note and correspondence accuracy. Unfortunately for those with little keyboarding skills a new time efficiency challenge has developed. CHANGE may not really require altering the way you worked in the past. + Continue to dictate your findings. Digital dictation moves audio from the Physician’s desk to a support staff without the need of tapes. They can transcribe and input into the EMR. If integrated with voice-to-text technology, typing is no longer a necessity - Dragon® Medic