Electronic Health Records (EHR)
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a patient’s chart that is digitalized. It is a patient record that is real and efficient in delivering the patient's information instantly when needed. The system includes not only the patient's treatment history but also the tools that a physician can use while treating the patient. It also helps to streamline the doctor's workflow automatically (Sittig et al., 2015). On this paper, we shall discuss the MediTouch EHR®. The MediTouch EHR® is one of the EHR that is complete web-based and offers the touch-screen user interface. According to Software Advice, the software is very differentiated and easy to operate (2016). The core functions it offers are charting, problem listing, prescribing electronically, checking allergies, medication management, managing orders, lab experiments, and document management among other activities. The system allows configuration to meet the client needs and preferences. MediTouch EHR® caters for all practices and offers unique features that make the adoption of the system simple and straightforward. According to Health Fusion, MediTouch EHR® was the first EHR vendor to receive the certification of 2014 meaningful use stage 2 (2016).
Features
Affordability is the first feature of MediTouch EHR®. It the best EMR for any medicine practice that any facility can afford. The company offers affordable models of subscriptions, no start up fees, it does not have long-term contracts, does not request fees for the upgrade and it provides training and support to the clients. The organization, thus, standardizes the prices for any facility irrespective of size. MediTouch EHR® has easy data input. In addition, the company has optimized the system to perform the entire medical operation on the iPad and chart on the go. Through touch, dictate or type the physician can access the patients' information only by tapping on the phone. According to Health Fusion, MediTouch EHR® thinks and acts as a doctor; the system is built by specialized doctors to be used by physicians and is tailored to meet someone's needs (2016).
Conversely, MediTouch EHR® can manage the lab results. The system has platforms, where it can connect with all the major labs and view all the lab results. It is thus, possible to treat a patient from another hospital or has results from a facility different from the hospital they being treated. The organizational enables the monitoring of the patients workflow, which in turn enables a clinic to know critical details of the patient such as the length of time they have on waiting list and their insurance eligibility status. MediTouch EHR® has an inbuilt three sure scripts feature and an e-prescribing module that won a quality award. The module allows the patients to experience the e-prescription renewal process and also gives interactive maps that show the closest pharmacy for the patients. In addition, the system is fully integrated to provide all the needs and features that suit an EHR, practice management, patient portal and clearinghouse (Software Advice, 2016).
Facilities
MediTouch has many specialties and thus, it is found in many facilities that offer medical care. It has initiated numerous and various setups to be used in different fields of medicine ranging from the simple to sophisticated healthcare services. The medical team, the management team, and specialty teams have formulated the concepts and customs tools that make the MediTouch software perfect and able to fit in most medical practices (Sittig et al., 2015). It is used in various facilities, which include the Meditouch Surgery Software that gives several cutting edges that streamline the surgical scheduling and charting. The system allows access to information required to carry out the surgery. It is also used in sports; for instance, the Meditouch Sports Medicine EHR Facility is a new facility in the sports medicine. It enables the doctors to deal successfully with injuries got during sports; it allows quick access to charts, patients' reports, and schedule through Automatic Meaningful Use Integration (Health Fusion, 2016).
Meditouch Pulmonary EHR is used to treat and manage pulmonary diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, or emphysema. The system allows easy access to the patients' charts, medical history, and results of the lab. MediTouch also offers an EHR tailored podiatry system that enables the specialist to deal with foot and ankle problems. There is also the Meditouch Physical Medicine and Rehab EHR that enables the experts to help patients to coordinate nerve, muscle and bone movements. In essence, MediTouch has a Pediatric EMR that allows the doctors to meet childhood medicine and provide children with the best healthcare. The system gives all the information that a person needs for a child and e-prescribes medicine to them. MediTouch Pain Management EMR is a system that eases the patients suffering and improves the current quality of pain at certain levels. It incorporates the entire care plan from pharmacological treatment, interventional procedures, and alternative therapy (Software Advice, 2016).
MediTouch for Osteopathic physicians enables documenting the osteopathic examination that is mandatory for the government and other osteopathic licensing organizations. MediTouch orthopedics EHR helps the doctors to take care of people with ailments in their musculoskeletal systems such as congenital disorders. MediTouch Ob/Gyn EMR focuses on women healthcare such as giving birth. The system offers MediTouch Nurse Practitioners EHR software that enables patients and hospitals to select the best health workers. Neurology MediTouch EHR allows the neurologists to deal with issues that are related to the nervous system. It enables a built-in physical examination; review radiology reports and offers referral reports. MediTouch internal Medicine EHR is used to help patients with varied specialty needs such as diabetes. There is also a Meditouch Infectious Disease HER, and it used in infectious disease clinics to treat analyze and control infectious diseases. MediTouch Geriatric Medicine and Rehab EHR is used in nursing homes, rehabs, and in all other healthcare facilities with patients with post-acute care (Software Advice, 2016).
MediTouch Gastroenterology EHR is used in services that deal with diseases that affect the digestive system from mouth to the anus. MediTouch offers the Family Medicine EHR Software that enables the family doctors to communicate with their physicians through touch, talk, and type. The systems allow the physicians to interact with the families they are assigned to through this system and also carry out virtual office visits. MediTouch provides the Otolaryngology EHR that enables the physicians to treat ear, throat and nose infections, nerve damages, or sinus damage. Finally, MediTouch Cardiology EMR offers the facilities that deal with diseases and issues of the heart a simpler way of carrying out their work. The system enables physicians to perform tests on patients and advice on the way forward (Sittig et al., 2015).
In conclusion, MediTouch EHR® is user-friendly software that seeks to incorporate all the needs of clients. It goes beyond the government delays to ensure it complies with the health standards to ensure it gives the patients the best services. In addition, it offers the cheapest acquisition and maintenance fees; thus, enabling many facilities to afford it. The integration enables the physicians to be able to access patients' records even from a different health facility. MediTouch is a sophisticated, intelligent technology that is the dream of any medical facility out there.
References
MediTouch EMR / EHR Software Simplifies Practice Workflow – HealthFusion. (n.d.). Retrieved February 29, 2016,
Sittig, D., Gonzalez, D., & Singh, H. (2015). Mitigating Ehr Downtimes. Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience SAFER Electronic Health Records, 187-208.
Software Advice. (n.d.). Retrieved February 29, 2016, from http://www.softwareadvice.com/medical/healthfusion-meditouch-profile/?layout
