Accessibility

• Accessible and organized patient folder
  • Allergies, Past Medical, Medication, Immunization, Surgical, and Social History, Vitals
  • Treatments/Diagnoses
  • Images, scanned documents, digital pictures, video and audio
  • Alerts
  • To-do items
  • Remarks about the patient
  • Patient Overview and Patient Summary
  • Preventative Medicine
  • Lab Results
• Full access without a dial-up using the Medinotes e Synchronization
  • e Synchronization allows remote users to access a full database (including scanned images) and synch the data to the main server when they return
  • Perfect for on-call rotations, hospital rounds, and nursing home visits
• Common/Topic/All Design makes it easy to add information quickly
  • Common - This tab is user-definable. For Allergies, you are able to view only the allergies that document frequently to make your list more manageable.
  • Topic - The Topic tab is a categorized tree diagram that allows you to easily pick your specific items from a master list.
  • All- Type in the first few letters of the item that you're looking for, and the "All" tab will search the database for the item that matches your description.

Ease of Use

• User-friendly design and consistent icons allow users with limited computer knowledge to navigate the software quickly
• Only 3 main screens to learn for general use - Patient Folder, Note Window and Object Explorer
• Option settings allow you to tailor the program to your needs
• Color indicators in the Patient Folder define rows for better at-a-glance viewing
• Ability to add data on the fly

Comprehensive Charting

• Single screen "What you see is what you get" template - no need to move to a completely different screen to enter subjective, objective assessment and plan
• Templates already in place according to specialty
• Templates are completely flexible - you can modify the provided templates to work for your practice
• Default phrasing makes it possible to chart by exception
• Can produce a New Note from an Old Note therefore saving time by having most of the data pre-defined
• Easy to document multiple chief complaints within the same note
• Color coding inside notes
  • Black Text - This is simply text which has been hard-coded into the template.
  • Blue Text - This is a default value / normal. Will be a part of the final note without click 
  • Red Text - This is an optional pop-up window that can be clicked if needed. If kept Red it will not be a part of the final note.
  • Green Text - This signifies that the user has activated the dialog and made a change.
• Note on Hold
• Macros pull demographic or other stored information directly into the note
• Prescription objects can be created and embedded in templates for routine encounters, making it even easier to create prescriptions

Graphics

• Draw on anatomical diagrams or digital pictures and add them to the body of the note
• Graphic objects allow you to quickly document the anatomical location of the condition
• Hot Spot Editor utility allows you to add custom images to the program for use in graphic objects

Coding Features

• ICD-9 and CPT codes license from the AMA included
• E&M Wizard suggests appropriate codes based on the information documented
• Custom History of Present Illness based on a Chief Complaint with E&M credit

Efficient Workflow

• Enhanced Data Repopulation for optimal efficiency
  • Pull medical history from the patient's record
  • Pull data from a previous note
  • Pull data that has been added to the patient's record without a note
• Daily Patient List - allows the physician to quickly pull up the patient from the daily list without having to search the entire patient list
• Demographics are being added and updated real-time from Encounter Manager
• Template Wizard makes it simple to create custom templates for your practice
• Integrated Office Tasks
  • Physician Referral Letters - Only two clicks required to generate a professional letter and envelope to refer a patient, or thank another physician for their referral. The letter includes either the full patient note, or just the impression and plan sections for their reference.
  • Prescriptions - Create a script using the extensive medical library. The information for the script is also included at the bottom of the patient's note, and in the patient's medications folder for easy and consistent reference.
    • Custom script layouts
    • Multiple scripts per page
    • Drug Interaction Module (see additional capabilities)
  • Billing Integration - The Billing Wizard pulls the billing codes from the dialogs used in the exam documentation. Simply associate the Diagnoses with the appropriate Treatments, and the charges will be sent to Encounter Manager.
  • Patient Instructions - Customized Patient Instructions can be printed and sent home with the patient regarding their care. If you already have patient instructions stored in Microsoft Word, you can copy and paste them into Medinotes e. 
  • Patient Letters - Similar to a referral letter, the patient letter is simply a letter template that can be printed and sent to your client.
  • Physicians Orders - When an order has been documented in the note, a worksheet can be printed to show what the physician has ordered.

Additional Capabilities

• Drug Interactions - Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) result in more than 2.1 million injuries each year, and the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 100,000 Americans die annually of adverse reactions to prescription drugs. These cases can be easily avoided using a real-time prompt such as the Medinotes e Drug Interaction Module.
• Quest Laboratory - Lab results from Quest can now be imported directly into the lab results area of Medinotes e via the Quest interface
• LabCorp Laboratory - Lab results from LabCorp can no be imported directly into the lab results area of Medinotes e via the LabCorp interface.

• Reporting - Practice Panorama allows you to mine data that you have entered into Medinotes e. 
  • Data export to Excel, XML, Microsoft Access, or Crystal Report Writer
  • Multi-variable queries
  • Mail merge to Word
  • Report Wizard aids you in creating the data query
  • Searches
    • Note Text
    • Object Text
    • Object content based on the type of object - (Choices, More Details, etc.)
    • ICD-9/CPT Codes
    • Medications
    • Patient Demographics
  • Practice Panorama is custom designed for the way information is stored in Medinotes e
• Patient Monitor - The patient monitor is an extremely practical way to show even more about your patient using customizable tabs that can display multiple panels of information.
  • Better Information Display - Using custom panel layouts, the medical staff will be able to glance at the screen and learn detailed information about the patient. Display layouts can be customized for nurses, physicians or for displaying information for common conditions.
  • Improve workflow by charting directly into the patient's folder - Custom panels can be designed as information gathering tools to improve workflow. A nurse panel could contain history elements, vital signs, medications and immunizations. Information entered into the patient's chart can be pulled into a new note using the "Pull Forward" technology.
  • Customizable for each provider - Providers are able to set display layouts for their exact needs.
  • Printing Functionality - Information may be printed for each display pane for quick reference or to give to the patient.
  • Toggle to full-screen - Each screen can be quickly toggled to full-screen by pressing an icon in the title bar of each pane. In this manner, a great deal of information can be grouped on one page but the details are never more than a click away.
  • Applies to every object in the program - Every exam object that is stored in the program can be added to a panel. Range of motion, specific eye exams, counseling objects - the sky is the limit.
• Accent Data Manager  Integrated document / image management solution.  Please see our full Accent Data Manager page

HIPAA Certified

• Certified for HIPAA regulations by the HIPAA Academy
• Audit trails to denote what changes have been made to patient records, and by whom
• Program access based on user license levels
• Password security
• Automatic program logout after a period of inactivity

Designed to Work "The Way You Do"

• One of the most flexible systems on the market
• Medical content is infinitely customizable
• Templates promote better, more comprehensive documentation
  • Fields can be set as "required"
  • Can be layout out in a narrative or list format
• Wireless enabled
• Tablet PC enabled
• WAN (wide area network) through Citrix or terminal services

Security

• One keystroke to log out of the program
• One keystroke to remove all patient data displayed on the screen without logging out
• Certified for HIPAA
• Reliable SQL database
• Backup and restore functionality
• Access based logins - 3 levels of accessibility based on the user level

Specialty Features

• Preventive Medicine - A rules-based system that allows physicians to set custom reminders for preventive care elements (i.e. set a rule for mammogram reminder every two years for all women over the age of 40)
• Growth Charts - A growth chart can be completed for pediatric patients based on the age, height, weight, and head circumference. This feature creates a dynamic line graph representing the charted values over the lifetime of the patient using either English or metric measurements.
• Body Mass Index - Medinotes e calculates the Body Mass Index based on the height and weight added for the patient.
• Prenatal Explorer - Several dialogs have been bundled together in what is referred to as the Prenatal Explorer. This feature of the program includes:
  • Estimated Due Date Calculator
  • Prenatal Visit Dialog
    • Fetal movement, position, and heart rate
    • Prenatal lab values
    • Mother's weight, blood pressure, and fundal height
• Contraception History - The Contraception History dialog is used to keep a historical description of contraceptive methods used by the patient. Includes detailed lists of barrier types, and oral contraceptives.
• Obstetric History - The Obstetrical History dialog allows a physician to track all of the past pregnancies for a patient. This dialog includes:
  • Birth weight
  • Length of Labor
  • Duration of Pregnancy
  • Complications
  • Delivery Method
  • Gender
• Immunization History - The Immunization History dialog is used in General Medicine to complete a immunization record for the patient. This includes childhood immunizations and travel boosters
• Vision Objects - Specific dialog objects for vision exams, visual acuity, keratometry, etc.