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Specialized Electronic Medical Records


Healthcare Providers are increasingly utilizing Electronic Medical Records Systems to streamline office workflow, create more complete documentation, improve patient care, reduce errors, increase patient and provider satisfaction, and reduce costs associated with traditional transcription.

Specialty EMR’s offer the above benefits but are designed to manage the unique needs of complicated specialties.

 

Features of a Cardiology Specific EMR
Obviously, every specialty specific EMR has templates that are specific for your individual specialty. This, in our opinion, is merely scratching the surface when we discuss specialty specificity. Many electronic medical record packages have incorporated features which are particularly important to one specialty, but may be of no consequence for others. Some of the larger, more sophisticated programs have interesting adaptations for multiple different specialties, and some smaller EMRs are designed with only one particular specialty in mind. Please feel free to call upon us to help you determine which is most appropriate for your office environment. Below you will find some examples that are present in a variety of the EMRs that are currently available.

EMR Systems designed for the unique needs of Cardiologists allow for greater automation and clinical efficiencies. Specialty Specific Features may include:

  • Integration with Cardiac Catheterization equipment and maintenance of high quality video of procedures performed.
  • Integration with Cardiac ECHO equipment.
  • Integration of Hemodynamic data.
  • Maintain information concerning inventory used during Cardiac procedures.
  • Analysis of percent of stenosis of vessels.
  • Ejection Fraction Values.
  • Cardiac Output Values.
  • Cardiology Specific Templates.
  • EKG
  • Cardiovascular Stress Tests
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Pacemaker Analysis
  • Cholesterol Lipid Analysis

Cardiologists, are dealing with conditions, procedures, treatments, that require a very specific workflow, and as a result, a specialty specific EMR System. 
Heart Conditions:

- Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Angina Pectoris; Arrhythmia; Coronary  
Artery Disease; Bradycardia; Cardiomyopathy; Congestive Heart Failure;   
Heart Attack; High Blood Pressure; Valvular Heart Disease

Common Heart Treatment Procedures:
Angioplasty:

-AngioJet; Balloon; Laser; Atherectomy; Ballon valvuloplasty;
Intracoronary Radiation Therapy; Myocardial Biopsy; Stent Implantation

Heart Assist Device Implantation:

- Partial Assist Devices: Intra-aortic Ballon Pump (IABP); Ventricular Assist
Device (VAD)

Heart Pacing Device Implantation:

- Automatic Implantable (or Internal) Cardioverter Defibrillator; Pacemakers

 

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