Benefits Of EMR Usage
Reduce Costs

  • Reduce or eliminate transcription costs.
  • Spend less time pulling, filing, and storing charts.
  • Spend less time on the phone with pharmacies, laboratories, and patients.

Increase Revenues

  • Increase patient volume. Adding two patients per week would cover the cost of StreamlineMD.
  • Improve coding. The American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that the average family physician under-codes by $60,000 per year.
  • Improve collections through better documentation. Witness a decline in the number of rejected claims.

Reduce Liability

  • Reduce the risk of error with prescriptions and laboratory results. Most medical errors result from drug interactions or misplaced lab results.
  • Improve documentation to defend against malpractice claims. More than 70% of malpractice claims are settled out of court because the doctor lacks sufficient documentation to mount a credible defense.
  • Improve documentation to defend against audits. Auditors care only about what has been documented: if it isn’t in the chart, then it didn’t happen!

Improve Lifestyle

  • Leave the office earlier. Be finished for the day when the last patient leaves.
  • Spend less time on busy-work.