Chart management consumes an exorbitant amount of time in a physician’s day, detracting from crucial opportunities to care for patients and increase billables. The average 4.5 hours a physician spends charting everyday takes a substantial toll, with a myriad of consequences for practice revenue, documentation accuracy, and clinician burnout.1
Understanding Current Challenges in Charting Workflows
One of the primary sources of time wastage in chart management is documenting care. Traditional charting methods require manual note-taking and data entry between patient encounters, leading to:
Administrative bottlenecks. Chasing down physicians to complete their notes and close out their charts can create significant hurdles in administrative workflows. Whether a physician is running to the next patient, documenting a particularly long or complex case, or taking a break for lunch, the odds of getting charts completed on time and in full are typically low.
Lost time for billing. When notes are not completed on schedule, physicians inevitably delay the billing process, creating gaps in facility reimbursement and jeopardizing potential revenue opportunities. Likewise, physicians may not remember every service provided or billable opportunity when completing notes long after each patient visit.
Inaccurate notes. Manual documentation is especially prone to errors and oversights, leading to inaccuracies in patient records and, by extension, errors during claims submission. Inaccurate notes can impact both clinical and financial outcomes, creating a ripple effect on quality of care and facility profitability.
Documenting in EHR and high rates of burnout. Documenting care in the electronic health record (EHR) is time-consuming and, ultimately, takes away from why physicians entered the field in the first place. According to one survey, 46% of physicians report insufficient time to document care, leading to significant frustrations for 64% of the surveyed physicians.2
Benefits of Adopting a Medical Dictation App
By bringing automation to chart management, practices and surgery centers can unlock major time- and cost-savings that deliver the best of both worlds: improved quality of care and better facility operations. A medical dictation app can streamline the charting process by turning a physician’s words into actionable, billable, and complete patient records. Practices can leverage this automated technology to claim end-to-end advantages, including:
Increased physician productivity by accelerating charting tasks
Reduced administrative burden by eliminating physician chase
Enhanced charting accuracy by capturing dictation in real-time
Stronger physician-patient relationships (and patient satisfaction) by spending less time on the computer
Higher return on investment and profitability by creating process optimizations
Direct cost-savings by reducing paper usage and increasing time for care
Why Choose Secure-UNO
As a mobile medical dictation app specifically designed for physician practices and ASCs, Secure-UNO empowers clinicians to optimize their charting workflows and improve their quality of care. By verbally documenting patient encounters on their mobile device, physicians can leverage Secure-UNO to review recordings, review, edit and e-Sign transcribed documents, and close out their charts within just a matter of minutes. Secure-UNO helps physicians complete dictations faster than ever by:
Simplifying documentation. One-click dictation and easy access across devices saves time and reduces frustration for clinicians.
Enhancing accessibility and flexibility. Secure-UNO’s intuitive interface and one-window access improves schedule management and patient interactions.
Streamlining workflow. Features like eSigning and status updates enhance document handling and reduce administrative overhead.
Integrating with existing systems. Secure-UNO’s seamless integration with many leading EHRs software applications and other MedOfficePro solutions (e.g. Secure-Dox [Chart Management], Secure-Fax [Online Faxing]) facilitates a cohesive workflow environment.
Providing a user-friendly interface. With no special training required and automatic updates, Secure-UNO provides immediate return on investment. (Secure-UNO is Free for Providers)
By providing a dictation solution that streamlines and simplifies chart management, Secure-UNO helps physicians increase charting productivity by over 30% while reducing the risk of burnout, helping facilities create a more profitable and efficient workflow.
Ready to learn more? Schedule a demo to discover how Secure-UNO can help your facility create measurable improvements in charting productivity.
Sources
Gogineni, T., Kahn, J.G., Maya, S. (2022, April 10). How much time do physicians spend in the EHR? KevinMD. https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/04/how-much-time-do-physicians-spend-in-the-ehr.html
Study: EHRs Contribute to Family Physician Stress, Burnout. (2019, January 16). AAFP. https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20190116ehrstudy.html
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