EMR System Provides Tools Needed to Achieve Meaningful Use in Orthopedics

An orthopedic electronic medical record (EMR) system has received complete electronic health record (EHR) Ambulatory certification and provides orthopedic surgeons the tools needed to achieve meaningful use (MU; A US act, which in a health IT context, defines the use of electronic health records (EHR) and related technologies within a healthcare organization) and qualify for incentive funds. By providing instant access to images at all locations, it eliminates the need for transporting images, improves workflow, and speeds patient care.

Merge Healthcare (Chicago, IL, USA), a provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced the addition of six orthopedic practices to its growing list of clients utilizing Merge OrthoEMR to meet MU standards.

“Images are a critically important element when providing diagnoses and delivering care,” said Jeff Surges, CEO of Merge Healthcare. “As such, there is a rapidly-growing need among orthopedic physicians for an EMR solution that will help them gain faster access to images, incorporate those images seamlessly into their medical records and help them achieve meaningful use.”

“Merge recognizes the unique needs of specialty practices,” said Kim Legendre, clinic administrator, Orthopedic Sports Specialists of Louisiana (Thibodaux, USA). “And with their OrthoEMR they deliver operational efficiencies and provide our physicians the functionality we need to comply with meaningful use requirements.”

“We selected Merge OrthoEMR because of how it automates and enhances workflow and communications, while still enabling us to efficiently capture the clinical data required to successfully demonstrate meaningful use,” said Craig Weinstein, MD, MPH of Sports & Orthopedic Specialists of Arizona (Gilbert, USA).

In addition to Merge OrthoEMR, Merge provides an integrated range of products developed for the specific needs of the orthopedic practice, from patient information to image management, including digital templating. Moreover, with imaging and data sharing they promote interoperability, without forcing conformance to nonspecialty hospital-based solutions.

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