If you've read anything at all about Progress Note Systems and Patient Charting, you soon find the problem with most systems being offered.
The system was either written from the computer technology point of view or from the point of view of an enterprising physician with varying degrees of computer expertise.
Most of the physician styled systems are designed from the view point of the designer's specialty. Of course, the computer engineer side follows conventional thinking in program design that may or may not really meet the needs of the physician or his method of practice.
There are some very comprehensive systems, but currently, only MedBase EHR has the patent pending method of showing the E & M Code that the note will support in real-time. This proprietory method also provides a method of recording note information with no loss of data, even if you have power failures, systems failures or you have to "break and run". When you return, even after other patients have been seen; the note for that patient is waiting exactly at the keystroke you left it.
The sysem is friendly, with several methods of data Capture systems to meet your current practicing method. Voice to text in real-time is a Reality with MedBase should you desire dictation style information capture.
MedBase EHR is a bit different than other systems in a lot of ways. It has been the combination of a physican and a computer scientist that have over the last 23 years learned the needs and thinking methods of the the other. Thus MedBase EHR is a comprehensive system that meets the needs of the medical community as a whole. Progress notes are evaluated as they are entered and constantly updated by showing the E & M Code the note will support. You will find that your documentation improves dramatically as does your auditable billing revenue. No longer will you be fearfull to bill what you actually do, rather than what you think you can get PAID for, without audits, charge
