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Medical Informatics
Engineering Showcases Minimally Invasive EHR™ Product Portfolio
Other Topics: Electronic
Health Record (EHR) Solution,
Remote ECG Screening,
Telemedicine Healthcare
Medical Informatics Engineering
October 23, 2006
Fort Wayne, IN -- Medical Informatics
Engineering (MIE) is showcasing its Minimally Invasive EHR™
suite of products at the upcoming Medical Group Management
Association (MGMA) annual conference in Las Vegas, October
22-25.
The Minimally Invasive EHR concept was developed by MIE to
provide medical practices with a clear and practical way to
adopt health information technology. The WebChart Minimally
Invasive EHR product portfolio features several points of entry
– each of which is tuned to practice culture and levels of IT
acceptance. Regardless of the entry point, each MIE product
supports migration to full EHR functionality at a pace
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According to a
variety of sources including the Medical Group Management
Association and the Centers for Disease Control, EMR
implementation rates among physician practices are below 25
percent. MIE executive vice president Peter Norder attributes
some of the hesitation to embrace this technology to the way EMR
systems have been marketed and sold. Says Norder, “EMR vendors
that promise to transform or revolutionize the practice of
medicine may in fact deter physicians who are reluctant to alter
their individual practice patterns and established workflow.”
The Minimally Invasive EHR product portfolio from MIE includes
WebChart EMR, WebChart Document Management and WebChart PACS.
Practices can elect to adopt a fully featured EMR, or they can
choose to transition to EMR in small increments. WebChart
Document Management or WebChart PACS can be implemented with
minimal effort and workflow impact, while generating immediate
information accessibility benefits. These solutions can then be
scaled to add modular EHR functionality at a pace that fits the
practice.
The Minimally Invasive EHR concept extends to MIE implementation
services. WebChart products are scalable and configurable to fit
practice workflows as well as the practice modalities of
individual physicians. According to Norder, “After interviewing
physicians and office staff to understand existing workflow, we
can match product functionality to the practice and its
physicians and customize WebChart to introduce workflow
improvements – this minimally invasive implementation approach
eliminates the upheaval associated with a dramatic
transformation.”
The MIE technology architecture was purpose-built to support a
minimally invasive impact on practice bottom lines. Because MIE
employs a Web-based, interoperable, open standards approach, its
WebChart solutions are inherently affordable and require minimal
hardware investments or IT support.
“Our minimally invasive strategy clearly supports public and
private initiatives developed to improve EHR adoption and reduce
health care industry concerns associated with failed EHR
implementations,” says MIE co-founder and president Douglas
Horner. “Organizations such as the Certification Commission for
Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) are developing
standards and certification programs intended to improve
industry confidence in EHR systems,” adds Horner.
In July of 2006, MIE was one of a select group of companies to
receive CCHIT CertificationSM for its WebChart 4.23 product.
MIE will demonstrate the WebChart suite of products at MGMA
booth number 433.
About MIE
Founded in 1995, Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) delivers
customized EMR, RIS/PACS, and medical-document management
solutions designed to support and improve practice workflow.
MIE’s WebChart EHR portfolio accommodates individual
preferences, with clinicians choosing the optimal mix of
paper-based computerization and tablet-PC-based EHR exams.
WebChart improves staff efficiency by automating repetitive
tasks and eliminating redundant operations. WebChart design
features robust interoperability and DICOM-compliance (for
secure viewing of diagnostic imaging) built on an affordable
Web-based platform. The WebChart Minimally Invasive EHRTM
portfolio is scalable, flexible and configurable – helping avoid
the upheaval normally associated with the transition to an EHR.
Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., 4101 W. Jefferson Blvd.,
Fort Wayne, IN 46804 260-459-6270 Fax 260-459-6271
www.mieweb.com |
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