Orthopaedic Practice Advances to the Next Business Level with ChartLogic EHR

Salt Lake City, Utah (February 20, 2009) – The positive benefits of Electronic Health Record technology continues to impact the bottom-line for Cary Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Specialists. The ChartLogic EHR solution which includes ChartLogic® EMR changed how Cary Orthopaedics collect, manage, share and protect all critical information needed for patient records. The elimination of transcription costs which were substantial and going up, the elimination of paper charts and chart storage made a significant difference to the bottom-line. “It has taken our medical practice to the next business level,” said Mike Mazzella, Cary Orthopaedics COO.

Cary’s charting is more accurate with ChartLogic EHR software. ChartLogic enables Cary Ortho physicians to quickly and accurately complete patient notes, dictate exams, charts and notes without worry of misinterpretations or incorrect transcriptions. Also, the physician can take a laptop to surgery to complete the entire OP note. They love using voice to dictate and say what they want objectively. With ChartLogic, they can make their notes look virtually like they always did but with more complete information. Cary Ortho physicians create patient health records electronically using the same technique they have used for years – their voice.

One of the unique benefits of ChartLogic EMR for the doctors is the flowsheet tool which tracks lab results, exam elements such as Range of Motion, or even exercises and pain assessments. This feature gives the provider a quick, at-a-glance view of the patient’s condition over time.

Time is money. ChartLogic puts all patient health records at the fingertips of the entire Cary staff. Without leaving their desks, the staff can see patient records. After just 10 weeks, Cary’s staff was so impressed with the time savings alone; no more looking for charts, no more time spent getting the charts ready for incoming patients or using a courier to take charts to other needed locations. Charting is also accessible off-site for the billing department.

Everyone in the practice can also communicate and see messages without leaving their desks. ChartLogic EMR includes Messaging, a tool with a simple process to communicate the many medical office tasks that require multiple systems of checks and balances; for instance tracking referrals, out-side testing, radiology procedures, medical records releases etc.

Cary physicians wanted a system that did not produce “canned” notes like most template systems do. In their EMR search, Cary Orthopaedics found a point & click EMR that they were strongly considering until one of the physicians saw ChartLogic at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. The physician liked the idea of using voice to dictate verses point & click which seemed canned. After seeing a product demo and visiting other medical practices that use ChartLogic, Cary Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Specialists selected ChartLogic which was implemented in 2006.

Source: ChartLogic