making the switch to home healthcare emr in oklahoma (slideshare)

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Making the Switch to

Home Healthcare EMR in Oklahoma

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Home healthcare has

lagged behind other types

of healthcare in adopting

EMR (Electronic Medical

Records)Kenny Keller

CTO



What Is an EMR

and Why Have It?Kenny Keller

CTO



Electronic Medical Records

(EMR) and Electronic Health

Records (EHR) are similarKenny Keller

CTO



An EMR is the digital version

of paper records and

contains all of a patient’s

history from a particular

providerKenny Keller

CTO



EHRs are digital records

as well, but they are a more

comprehensive historyKenny Keller

CTO



The EHR is what is shared

between providers, moves

with the patient when the

patient relocates or changes

providers, Kenny Keller

CTO



and can be accessed

by more than one healthcare

providerKenny Keller

CTO



So, essentially an EHR is an

EMR that also has data from

more than one organization

or provider and that has

interoperabilityKenny Keller

CTO



This is important because

a recent study reveals that

of the healthcare employees

surveyed, 90% use mobile

devices in patient careKenny Keller

CTO



Implementation of ICD-10

Kenny KellerCTO



There are over 14,000

different codes to look up

and enterKenny Keller

CTO



A home healthcare EMR

system can simplify the

process, reducing errors

and the number of rejected

claimsKenny Keller

CTO



Since EMRs are digital files,

they can be easily be copied

and stored remotely for

redundancy and safetyKenny KellerCTO



Status of EMR in Oklahoma

Home HealthcareKenny Keller

CTO



Oklahoma has been

a leader in creating

a technology infrastructure

throughout the state Kenny KellerCTO



and is one of four states

funded by the Office of

the National Coordinator

for Health Information

Technology (ONC)Kenny Keller

CTO



to aid home healthcare in

transitioning to EMR systemsKenny Keller

CTO



The quickest, easiest, and

most cost-effective way to

implement an EMR is to enlist

the aid of third-party vendors,

such as Emsco SolutionsKenny Keller

CTO



If you have not implemented

EMR yet, doing so would

save money and improve

staff efficiencyKenny KellerCTO



What are some difficulties

(and solutions) you’ve

encountered in adopting

a home healthcare EMR

system?Kenny Keller

CTO



Let us know your thoughts

in the Comments box belowKenny Keller

CTO


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