Well-known TV show host, Dr. Phil provides a Relationship Communication Test on his website. 

It offers to answer this question:

“What type of communication pattern have you and your partner developed within your relationship?”

The hope is to determine how well partners are communicating and how it is effecting the quality of their relationship.

The certified electronic health record systems (EHRs) are supposed to offer these three health information exchange (HIE) functions:

Directed Exchange – ability to send and receive secure information electronically between care providers to support coordinated care.

Query-based Exchange – ability for providers to find and/or request information on a patient from other providers, often used for unplanned care.

Consumer Mediated Exchange – ability for patients to aggregate and control the use of their health information among providers.

All of these functions are geared towards the improvement of patient care by:

Prevention of medication errors                               Reductions of duplicate tests

Better diagnostics            Avoidance of readmissions

We can all agree those are important goals, but there are no standards built into the EHR that requires it to share information with a practice management/billing software program.

At Medical Business Systems, we understand this value of interoperability between your EHR and PM.

We have created the Connectivity Clearinghouse built into our Iridium Suite medical billing system. 

With the use of the standard HL7 data format, you can have the ability to both import and export between your existing EHR and Iridium Suite.

Typical data that is exchanged is:                                                                        

Patient demographics    Patient insurance and applicable authorization information

Patient diagnosis              Captured service codes (CPTs)

The ability to share this data eliminates the need for duplicate manual entry of patient data and prevents keying errors when entering charges from “code sheets”.

Let us show you how you can streamline your workflow, and decrease time to invoice by utilizing the charge import functionality.

Like with personal relationships, the quality of the communication between your electronic health record system and your medical practice management system can significantly influence the financial well-being of your medical practice.  We would like the opportunity to help you ensure your financial success.