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eMedicalFiles Unveils Web-Based Electronic Healthcare Record System

Posted on: Thursday, 25 January 2007, 09:01 CST

eMedicalFiles®, a Web-based health information technology (HIT) company, today unveiled its unique electronic healthcare record system. The eMedicalFile's Patient-Centric® EHR is a Web-based electronic health record providing critical patient information to providers when and where they need it.

The eMedicalFiles system also provides patients with a level of security and privacy not found with most other electronic health records. The patient grants continuing access to their primary care physician and access to others as required. This trait separates the eMedicalFiles EHR system from other vendors. Additionally, more than 90 percent of existing EHR systems are closed networks, not portable or viewable to doctors and healthcare providers outside their system - and patients cannot control or even view their records. With eMedicalFiles, important medical information is available on demand to the patient and those he or she designates for care.

eMedicalFiles' client, one of the largest health providers for underinsured and Medicaid/Medicare patients in the greater Manhattan metro area, raves about the benefits this new system will provide to nearly all its patients.

"After evaluating our needs we began using the eMedicalFiles EHR throughout our practice," said Dr. Pignanelli, whose practice sees more than 70 patients per day, seven days per week. "We feel we have the best general practice electronic health record in the industry. It's not only improving our quality of care, but also reducing our administrative costs. The biometric feature is used with all our patients; and it also streamlines our office check-in."

The eMedicalFiles EHR is the only system versatile enough to serve the needs of the patient, the physician and the payer. Patients will have better coordinated care and greater control over their personal medical information. Physicians can deliver better care, in less time and with greater accuracy. Payers receive correct billing, eliminating waste and abuse.

The eMedicalFiles EHR technology exceeds the privacy protections required by law, offering three-levels of security. The system is HIPPA compliant, and it also uses biometric or "finger imaging" to authenticate a patient's identity ensuring the record can only be viewed with the patient's consent. As an additional security measure, the eMedicalFiles Patient-Centric® EHR automatically separates the patient's identification information from his or her medical information -- the information is stored separately and is only reconnected with the patient's authorization.

"With over $200 billion of waste annually in the healthcare industry, efficiency and cost-savings aren't an added benefit, they have become a requirement. As such, we created our Patient-Centric® EHR system to meet that and other needs. This way, everyone wins," said Jay Moskowitz, Chairman and CEO of eMedicalFiles. "In fact, early results show patients are receiving better care, physicians are more efficient, billing is increasingly correct and physicians overall costs are going down."

Since it is Web-based, the eMedicalFiles EHR requires only an internet connection, a computer, and patient authorization. The system is scalable and adaptable to new technology as it comes online. This means eMedicalFiles will never become obsolete and will continue to provide numerous benefits to all healthcare stakeholders.

About eMedical Files

eMedicalFiles® is a health information technology company that provides a broad range of products that serve physicians, hospitals, Federal, State, and 3rd party payers, and all patients including Medicaid and Medicare. To learn more about how eMedicalFiles and its suite of products can help improve quality of care with greater efficiency, please visit our Web site at www.emedicalfiles.com.

Source: Business Wire

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