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Time Savings
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The time saved using an EMR or EHR is very different depending on the clinic, EMR software, doctor, workflow, etc. However, this list should give you a reasonable idea of various clinical processes and how an EMR software could save you time or cause you to spend more time caring for your patients.
Takes Less Time
- Finding and Retrieving Notes(milliseconds)
- Doing Refills (minutes)
- Faxing Off Prescriptions (seconds)
- Making Appointments (seconds)
- Looking Up Results (milliseconds)
- Doing Calculations (DAS28, Framingham) (seconds)
- Drug Interactions (seconds)
- Reporting to Recall Patients (minutes)
- Reprinting Letters (seconds)
- Looking Up ICD9s (seconds)
Takes More Time
- Documenting an Encounter (Level of Documentation Is Often Higher than Before)
- Entering Initial Diagnosis List
