The electronic medical office: optimizing solutions.
Optimizing the care for patients in the orthopaedic clinical setting involves a wide range of issues. Surgical techniques, preoperative and postoperative care, long-term outcomes follow-up, continuing education, and patient communication are a few of the important areas that surgeons deal with on a regular basis. Successful management of this information has an impact on clinical outcomes, direct patient care, financial decisions, and management of the surgeon's time. The development of a comprehensive electronic medical office is a powerful and probably necessary tool to successfully manage such information and achieve the goals of an effective and safe orthopaedic practice.
Kirschenbaum
Ira H
IH
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University / Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA.
Mabrey
Jay D
JD
Wood
George W
GW
Alexander
A Herbert
AH
Rhoades
Charles E
CE
Alexander
Ian J
IJ
Golladay
Gregory J
GJ
Wheeless
Clifford
C
D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D009816:Office Automation / Q000592:standards*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000458:organization & administration*