The Electronic Medical Records Features You Need

Shuffling papers may become a thing of the past for physicians, as they move their offices firmly into the computer age. Electronic medical records, or EMRs, offer greater efficiency and accuracy for

But making this transition can be extremely time-consuming for the physician and office personnel, taking focus away from actually caring for patients. The key in selecting and succeeding with EMR software is to choose the simplest application that will meet your needs.

If most medical practice management (MPM) applications offer pretty much the same feature set, just the opposite is true for EMR. There are many more EMR products, often with fewer features. Less features is not necessarily a bad thing, however. One American Hospital Association survey that found that almost 60% of physicians using EMR were using only 7 out of 15 functions.

Here are the most important features for an electronic medical records application: