tech writing

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NEXTGEN Healthcare
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NEXTGEN

• Leader in Medical software
• 1973 in dental software
• Inexpensive

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Problems Paper Charts

• Disorganized
• Inaccessible
• Costly
• Failure to follow-up

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Medical Errors
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Illegible handwriting

• Miscommunication
• Wrong diagnosis
• Fatal errors

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Solution An EMR

• Accessible
• Reduce Medical Errors
• Cost productive

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What is an EMR
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Login
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Patient Information

• Patient/Client tab
• Search /add new patient
• Type in information
• Click search or add

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Billing

• Click on fees link
• Fees, checkout, and billing

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Ordering Prescription

• Easy to order prescription
• Administration? Practices ? Pharmacies ?Add
  pharmacy
• Administration? Practices ? Pharmacies ? Search

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Patient Access

• The patient can access their prescription
• Order prescription from pharmacy
• Patient are alerted regarding their follow up

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Savings

• Annual transcription cost 20,000
• A one time EMR purchase 49,900
• Not having to run diagnostics test every time.

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Breakdown of Purchase
Purchase Cost
Software 30,000
Hardware 9,000
Program Licenses (pharmacy) 4,500
Installation 5,400
Warranty 1,000
Approximate Total 49,900
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Purchase Includes

• 2 tablet PC
• 2 Workstations
• 1 server

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Payment Plan
Payment Plan How many months to pay it off Down payment Monthly Cost
Payment Plan 1 12 0 4158.33
Payment Plan 2 16 15,000 2,181.25
Payment Plan 3 18 10,000 2,216
Payment Plant 4 60 0 831.67
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Conclusion

• Paper charts cause confusion in hospitals
• The quality of care is affected
• Medical errors are likely to occur
• Repeating diagnostics test causes to hospital to
  loose money.

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Recommendation

• Purchase an EMR system from NextGen
• Provide state of the art software
• Reduce medical errors
• Increase efficiency
• Save money

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References

• Rabah, Kefa. "Step by Step Install Guide." Global
  Technology Solutions Institute. Apr. 2007. Web.
  24 Apr. 2011. http//www.scribd.com/doc/45314315/S
  tep- By-Step-Install-Guide-OpenEMR-on-Linux-Debia
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• Soper, William D. "Why I Love My EMR." American
  Academy of Family Physicians (2002) 35-38.
  Print.