Customized medical practice management software and CCHIT certified EHR software for small medical practices

Electronic Health Records (EHR) are understood to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. However, according to a recent article published by the New England Journal of Medicine, surveying all acute care hospitals that are members of the American Hospital Association, less than 2% of 3,000 hospitals surveyed have full health information technology systems in place, while about 8% use a basic EHR in at least one care unit that includes physician or nurse notes (Article (10.1056/NEJMsa0900592) was published at NEJM.org, N Engl J Med 2009;360.). While the use of EHR is more prevalent in large physician groups in the USA, three-fourths of the nation’s doctors work in small practices of 10 physicians or fewer. The adoption of EHR among the small medical practices has been even lower. The primary deterrents being (A)significant start-up and maintenance costs of EHRs currently in the market (B)support and maintenance of systems and (C)need for customizations specific to individual medical centers’ clinical functions, combinations of functions, complex billing and reporting needs.
 
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, a component of the vast federal stimulus legislation known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), authorizes roughly $36 billion in outlays over six years for health information technology-an unprecedented investment in the nation’s health information infrastructure. The Obama administration is trying to jump-start the adoption of EHR with $19 billion of incentives in the economic stimulus package. This includes incentives to medical practices for the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs. However, a March 2009 Avalere Health study (www.avalerehealth.net) warns that health IT funding included in the federal stimulus package might not be enough to encourage doctors to invest in electronic health records. According to the study, it would cost about $124,000 for a single physician or small practice to upgrade to EHRs between 2011 and 2015, but incentives would total only $44,000.

NewCreationIT will work with small medical centers to develop a customized medical practice management and EHR system that:
(A)will have low startup and maintenance costs thus encouraging small medical centers toward EHR adoption so as to derive direct financial benefits from the federal stimulus package,

(B)will enable support and maintenance of systems to be fully outsourced, with no burden placed on the medical centers, and make ongoing enhancements to meet federal requirements as and when they are released and modified and

(C)will allow customization specific to individual medical centers, so that the practice management and EHR systems are tailor made for the medical center.

(D)ensure ongoing complilance to criteria for federal incentive payments as policies and standards are established. These include,

• ensuring that the software is Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) certified
• submission of information on clinical quality measures
• participation in Health Information Exchanges (HIE)
• ensure interoperability includes e-Prescribing, laboratories and clinical summaries needed for continuity of care.

(E)interface with web-based Personal Health Records (PHRs), such as those provided by Google, Microsoft, and Dossia, as these gain wider acceptance. These PHRs are secure, protect confidentiality, and are automatically updated by labs, pharmacies, hospitals, and clinician offices.

Contact NewCreationIT for your customized Medical Practice Management – EHR System. Email us at: business@newcreationit.com

Custom solutions for existing practice management, EMR, EHR software

NewCreationIT provides a wide range of custom software development, services and solutions for the medical practice. While there is an expanding list of custom solutions, some of the more common ones are described here. Please contact us for solutions specific to your hospital, medical practice or institution.

CUSTOMIZED BILLING REPORTS
Medical practices can benefit from several management reports to monitor progress. Here is a representative list that would benefit most practices:

• Transaction Summary:  Obtain claim totals for any date range, by provider, by payer.
• Rejection Analysis : Identify most common reasons for rejection of claims so, that these rejections can be prevented in the future.
• Determine which insurance firms are consistently delinquent sending Explanation of Benefits (EOB).
• Obtain specific breakdown on how much the medical practice receives from each insurance firm.
• Monitor transmission costs. Know which claims drop to paper (which increases cost) so that you can monitor and correct when it happens.
• List unpaid bills, patient refunds, patient responsibility statements, etc.
• Other reports.

NewCreationIT can develop these and other custom billing reports.

WEB & MOBILE ENABLE EXISTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT / EMR / EHR SYSTEMS
Make it easy for healthcare providers in your medical practice to access data either through the internet or directly from their mobile device. NewCreationIT can build a web and mobile interface on top of your existing practice management / EMR system. Physicians can view their appointments, schedule appointments, submit bills, pull up a patient’s record, etc., even when they are not in the office.

DATA ANALYSIS
Data from EMR systems can be used to do retrospective studies. Similarly data from practice management systems can be used to identify areas to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, reduce costs, and uncover potential problem areas.

For example, depending on the nature of your practice, one or more of the following analysis would prove beneficial:

• Is the practice under-treating or over-treating patients?
• Understand prescribing behavior within the practice
• Determine physician outliers
• Gauge practice’s success-failure relationship with insurance firms
• Compare cost of treating a disease between physicians

These and similar reports can provide information to monitor trends, drug-usage patterns, physician’s prescribing patterns, etc – and can be used to improve overall operational efficiencies and remedy problems.

CUSTOMIZED MANAGEMENT REPORTS
There are different kinds of management reports that would be useful:

• Administrative Reports
• Staff Report : Hiring/employment statistics
  Termination report for employee
• Access log : see who has been using the system over a data range and whether there have been any problems or unauthorized activities
• Patient Reports:
  Intake Report : summary of number of patients added over a date range with details
  Activity Sheet : patients seen by a physician/provider.
  Patient Face Sheet
• Training/Certification Reports

ELECTRONIC CLAIMS PROCESSING
NewCreationIT can augment your existing practice management system to help with electronic claims submission:
HCFA Forms : Generate and print HCFA (Healthcare Financing Administration) forms.
Electronic Claims Submission : Integrate your existing practice management system into a  clearinghouse for electronic claims processing. Electronically submit claims to the clearinghouse for processing and routing to payer for settlement.

DATA MIGRATION
If you are in the process of installing a new practice management/EMR system, NewCreationIT can migrate data from existing/legacy systems to the new one.

E-PRESCRIPTION / E-PRESCRIBING

Add medication management capabilities to your existing practice management/EMR system. This would include electronic prescription writing and submission, medication reconciliation, drug information sheets, drug interaction checking and printing patient-friendly medication schedules. NewCreationIT can help you do this.

NewCreationIT is a leading provider of technology solutions that transform both the clinical and financial aspects of healthcare delivery. NewCreationIT leverages its software development center in Bangalore, India to deliver world-class, custom solutions for medical practices, at amazingly low costs.

To learn more about our company, our services and how we can assist your business, please visit www.newcreationit.com or contact us: business@newcreationit.com