Medical Records Medical Transition Management (MTME)

MEDICAL TRANSITION MANAGEMENT (MTME)

Many techniques are used to improve the efficiency, credibility, accuracy, and usefulness of medical records. Every physician should search constantly for the simplest and most efficient way to compile medical records. A multi-entry computerized lab form for each patient might provide a running tally of CBC, blood chemistry, and urinalysis results on a single page. A computerized patient history form provides instantaneous recall to the provider's desktop, laptop, or handheld computer. If a new remedy is made available for migraine headaches, for example, the provider can query for a list of patients experiencing migraine headaches and decide whether or not the remedy might work for some of those patients. HIPPA and the insurance carriers will demand ever-more capability for practitioners to be able to instantaneously query not only business systems databases but also to provide instant answers from deep inside patients' medical records.

Universal electronic medical records data formats have not yet been promulgated by the federal government (or consortium of insurance companies). There is no urgency to move to electronic medical records; however, if you are inclined to make the move sooner rather than later, take a look at www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709856_2 (Electronic Medical Record Survey Results: Medscape Exclusive Readers' Choice: Advice on Choosing an EMR).