Your Therapy Source Magazine for Pediatric Therapists September 2016 | Page 23

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS –
PEDIATRIC THERAPY

Are you familiar with electronic medical records abbreviated as EMR? For most school based
occupational and physical therapists, electronic medical records are not being used in school
districts. Some school districts do run software programs to generate and monitor progress for
students’ IEPs. I recently had the chance to view a demonstration of an EMR system specifically
for pediatric therapists called Fusion Web Clinic. I have to admit I was quite impressed. My
background is as a school based physical therapist so my perspective is based on my experience
from working in school districts and not as an outpatient therapist. I will say this though, after
seeing how easy it was to use this EMR system (which is ICD-10 & HIPAA Compliant), it made
me want to open my own practice since the software seemed so streamlined, efficient and easy to
use. (Disclosure – I will receive a small affiliate fee if you sign up for Fusion Web Clinic).
In my opinion, here are the benefits of using Fusion Web Clinic for school based pediatric
therapists:
1. Documentation tools – need to write up an evaluation? This has 80+ therapist built
evaluation templates and standardized tests. No need to copy and paste information on each
standardized test – it is all done for you with a simple click. A SOAP note format is used
for documentation of individual sessions.
2. Access – it is web based software therefore you can log in from any device to use
it. Home computer, school computer, tablet, etc – just log in and start documenting.

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