Since beginning the journey into a medical front office, billing, and coding students, we are taught many things about the EMR and why it’s been the best thing for hospital, clinics, dentistry’s, etc. The known facts why the electronic system is better are: You can read what’s on the patients file better and are able to read doctor’s notes instead of having a hard time to translating, fewer errors when entering a patient’s information, it is faster to pull up the patient’s information, and you cannot lose or misplace the file because it is in a safe program. Also, another reason why EMR is better than paper medical record is with the EMR a patient’s information is kept private and safe. Unless a patient gives his or her consent their information is kept between them, their doctor, and when being billed, the biller and coder. A patient doesn’t have to worry about a stranger knowing their information and try to steal it. Things That Are Not Well Known …show more content…
Like for instance: the program can capture content in a wide variety of formats such as paper, electronic documents, email, faxes, and imagines, it can capture all types of documents such as a patient’s medical history, insurance and ID cards, consent forms, and billing and payment documents, you are able to use the EMR system on a wide range of electronical devices like smartphones and tablets, automated image enhancement, and extract metadata to ensure proper classification with the appropriate EMR. These are somethings I didn’t know about until I was researching on electronic medical