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10 Reasons to Choose Practice Partner Solutions
With countless EHR vendors vying for
your attention, we know it’s getting
awfully loud out there. To help tune out
the noise, we’ve outlined what to look
for in a company and product — and
why the Practice Partner solution suite
from McKesson is the best choice for
your practice. Simply put, we’ve helped
thousands of physicians increase
productivity and improve quality of care.
We can do the same for you. Here’s how:
- Experienced, Established, Proven
- McKesson is committed to providing
a complete solution — including
software, billing and collection
services, supplies, and connectivity —
to physician practices regardless of
size, specialty or geographic location
- More than 1500 practices and
7000 providers
- Unmatched Third-Party
Validation - Year after Year
- Best EHR Software - TEPR 2006,
2005, 2004
- Best EHR Software - AC Group
2006, 2005, 2004
- Best Integrated System - InvestMed
2004
- Technical Support Award -
InfoWorld “Top IT Projects 2005”
- AAN Five-Star Rating
- An Industry Leader - Active in the
Following Organizations
- Electronic Health Records Vendor
Association
- Certification Commission for
Healthcare Information Technology
(CCHIT)
- HL7 (EHR Standards)
- DOQ - IT Project
- AAFP Partners for Patients Program
- Home to a Positive, Collaborative, Thriving User Community
- More than 30,000 users share tips,
tricks, ideas, experiences
- Active listserv with more than
1000 members
- On-line template and content
sharing
- Active customer advisory
committees
- Increasing Physician and Practice
Productivity
+ Choice of Data Entry Methods
- Flexible progress note templates
accommodate different physician
styles
- Speech recognition (integrated with
Dragon Naturally Speaking)
- Touchpen, free typing and
handwriting recognition
- Dictation
- Instant Medical History
+ Efficient, Comprehensive
Documentation“
- Note-centric design” — Enter data
into the note and you update the
entire chart
- Transcription fi les can also populate
entire patient charts
- Single-screen progress note entry
saves clicks and eliminates “jumping
around”
- Automatically insert chart data
into the note (e.g. recent lab results, medications, problem lists, overdue
health maintenance items, etc.)
- Automated E&M coding wizard
+ Improved Workfl ow Saves Time
and Labor
- Provider dashboard provides info
all in one place — from messages to
review bin items to provider schedule
- Secure messaging for communication inside and outside the office
- Review bin enables quick review of
notes, documents, and lab results
- The Practice Partner Zoom document
imaging solution makes loading
paper and faxed documents a breeze
+ Improved Back Offi ce and Front Office Efficiency
- Easy, accurate 10-key batch posting
- Electronic encounter forms
- Electronic remittance
- Electronic eligibility checking
- Quickly scan photos, insurance
cards, consent forms, etc.
- True EHR and Practice
Management Integration
- Single database enables powerful information sharing (e.g., scheduling
staff can view overdue health
maintenance items and billing
information)
- Eliminate paper superbills — The
solution automatically creates an
electronic encounter form when
you complete a progress note
- Demographic data is always
up-to-date
- Integrated messaging system
connects all staff members
- Easier setup — shared security
settings; shared provider, practice,
user data
- Improves Your Quality of Care
+ Evidence-Based Content at the Point of Care
- Embedded progress notes content
and reminders
- Thousands of patient education
handouts
- Knowledge base links to clinical guidelines from National Guideline Clearinghouse, USPSTF and more
+ Automated Health Maintenance Reminders
- Protocols by age/sex, diagnosis,
medication and individual patient
- Reminders appear when you
schedule the visit, when you open
the cart, and at the point of care in
the progress note
+ Effortless Medication Management
- Drug checks — drug interaction,
drug/allergy, drug/disease, drug/
diagnosis
- Sophisticated drug dose advisor
- Alternative drug suggestions
- Formularies, drug cost information
- New prescription automatically
triggers health maintenance
protocol
+ Practice Partner Research Network
- First U.S. practice-based research
network linking physicians using
EHRs
- Formed through partnership with
Medical University of South Carolina
- Free membership for all Practice
Partner solutions users
- Provides quarterly reports
measuring more than 80 clinical
parameters (e.g., percentage of
diabetics with A1c under 7,
percentage of CHD patients on
aspirin therapy, etc.)
+ Order Entry Helps You Close the
Loop
- Quickly view all overdue orders
- Incoming lab results and documents
automatically update order statuses
- Connects You to the Outside
World
- Hundreds of interfaces — lab
results, orders, hospitals, radiology
systems, practice management
systems and more.
- Diagnostic devices — ECG,
spirometry, vital signs monitors,
glucose meters
- Electronic Rx through the
SureScripts network
- Receive refi ll requests as an e-mail
message and can process refi lls with
just one click
- The Practice Partner Web View
Solution — Connect with patients
and consultants
- Continuity of Care Record (CCR)
- Affordable Pricing
- Straightforward, transparent,
affordable pricing
- Proven return on investment
- ASP subscription model available
- Flexible leasing options
- Dedicated Customer Service
+ Responsive Support and Service
- Receiving real-time feedback from
300 customer service surveys
per month — 95% support
call satisfaction
- 24x7 support available
- East and West coast support offices
- Technical Support Award
InfoWorld “Top IT Projects 2005”
+ Extensive Consulting Services
- On-site software training
- Web-based software training
- Workflow evaluation and design
consultations
- Quality improvement consultations
- Hardware and networking services
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