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04-Aug-2003
CompuMed Systems' EMR Program Improves Patient Care and Safety
Prospect, KY ( 4 August 2003) – Imagine the amount of paper used by five full-time obstetrician/gynecologists seeing patients seven days a week in four offices. That’s about 100 patient visits a day, and each visit generates a new record. Add to that the additional records when a doctor consults with a patient on the phone or meets her at the hospital to deliver her baby. It’s no wonder most doctors’ offices overflow with filing cabinets, rolling file drawers, and stacks of manila file folders.

“That’s why we are so enthusiastic about installing AdvantaChart™,” said Dr. Lisa Eng, founder of New Life OB/GYN, LLP in Brooklyn , N.Y. “Medical records are an essential part of our practice, yet dealing with them takes time away from patient care. And equally important is the need to document every interaction with a patient. When I speak with a patient from my home at 7:00 at night, I might not even remember the call a week later. With AdvantaChart™, I can enter a record right then. It’s easier than writing on a slip of paper, and a lot more permanent.”

Recognizing the benefits to patients and OB/GYN offices AdvantaChart™ offers, New Life OB/GYN is the most recent practice to install the system. AdvantaChart™ electronic medical records (EMR) system, produced by CompuMed Systems for OB/GYN practices, creates, maintains, and provides access to medical records via computer.

Eng added, “Another huge advantage of AdvantaChart™ for our practice is sharing records easily. With four office locations and another planned to open in September, having an EMR system means a patient can visit any of those offices, and we can send her record with her using a few keystrokes. Both legally and financially, an EMR system like AdvantaChart™ makes a world of sense.”

CompuMed Systems was founded to address the significant issues of burgeoning paper medical records, with the goal of developing programs that focus on the specific needs of medical specialties such as obstetrics and gynecology. According to a recent survey performed by the Medical Records Institute, physicians and nurses overwhelmingly believe EMR systems improve the quality of care, improve efficiency, and improve patient safety by reducing medical errors.

Generally, doctors who install AdvantaChart™ start the electronic records from that point forward. As patients come into the office, they complete a simple, one-page form that an office staff member then scans into the computer to create her record. After that, all of the patient’s phone calls, examination results, test and lab reports, and hospitalizations are recorded electronically. However, if they choose, doctors can scan in all their files, going almost paperless immediately.