IT INVESTMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Health care reform will mean disruption as well as the opportunity for greater efficiencies through better use of technology. Also mandated upgrades to health care IT will demand heavy investments by providers but will also help them minimize waste and standardize best medical practices across the nation. New regulations that require healthcare providers to use electronic health records (EHR), and adhere to strict data-coding standards will force them to spend billions over the next decade to upgrade their IT systems. 

A provider that creates a best-practice IT platform to house and share medical records, to manage hospitals/clinics resources more transparently, and to define precise guidelines for medically authorized tests and procedures can generate significant operating efficiencies. Such a platform minimizes paperwork, reduces the number of unnecessary treatments, and lowers the risk of drug and medical error. The productivity and resource savings often pay back the initial IT investment within two to four years while also producing better health outcomes for patients and the reasons for this robust growth and predicted consistency of high growth as well as return, is due to: 

•   Robust Economic growth.

• Expansion of “the Middle class” and increasing disposable income.

• An aging population and greater health awareness.

•  Government active impetus to this industry.

•  Aggressive penetration of insurance.

•   Lower base and hence higher growth and returns potential.

The Growth and Opportunities in this sector creates a thrust for comprehensive and organized IT architecture to support necessary tools viz. EMR, EHR, PHR, etc. This will facilitate shared knowledge and free flow of information which will provide the needed transparency, including the system’s performance on safety, cooperation among clinicians, and patient satisfaction. Such tools will also help in evidence based decision making.

Some Facts & Figures which will surely help IT players to invest in the healthcare sector:

•   The Indian healthcare sector is expected reach US$ 280 billion by 2020.

•   India with an expected GDP spends of 8 per cent by 2012 from 5.5 per cent in 2009.

•   The size of the Indian medical technology industry may touch US$ 14 billion by 2020 from US$ 2.7 billion in 2008

• Share of private expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on healthcare has grown from 60 per cent to nearly 80 per cent over the last decade.  

• Expected to generate employment opportunities for nine million people by 2012.

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Importance of Websites for Medical practices

Earlier having an email address was like a status symbol, but now people use Internet more than any other medium to search for related information and research their choices, and searching an online presence for a doctor is no exception.

Having your own website is very important and in fact come with lots of benefits. In today’s time, it cuts down on the time and energy your office staff has to expend answering phones and making appointments and even the patients will get an option to contact their Doctors directly with their questions and concerns, and all together it will give your patients a sense of comfort knowing that they can interact as and when required and also expect timely answers to their concerns.

Connecting social media with your website will really boost your publicity and helps in creating a brand of yours, it will also help you to keep your friends and followers up to date about you and your practice. Doctors can use their website as a tool to connect with their current and potential patients with a sense of trust.

Benefits of having your own Website:

• Most Cost-effective way of promotion.
• Enhances Doctor-patient relationship.
• Improved Patient care.
• Increases patient traffic.
• Your virtual clinic/hospital window.
• Helps In Establishing global presence.
• 24 x 7 x 365 Days Open Window of Information for the Patients.
• Growth Opportunity.
• Effective Two way communication.
• Increases awareness of your Practice.
• Brand Building.
• Enhance your image / Reflect your spirit.
• Create a competitive edge.
• Patient education.
• Source of Information.
• Reduce staff hours and related costs.
• Provide Information / Articles / Case Study.

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Paedi-Link (Software for Paediatricians)

PAEDI-LINK

Would you like to improve efficiency in your practice? Ensure accuracy in your medical notes? Work smarter? Leave the office earlier? And save money? Welcome to Clinic Practice Management a web-based document management, storage and retrieval system combining EMR functionality at a fraction of the cost of most software. Clinic Practice Management uses intuitive smart-prompts to make building notes easier.

Healthlink Infosystems Clinical practice management and electronic medical records software provides a comprehensive feature set, coupled with a friendly and intuitive interface. This results in a Practice Management/EMR system that is powerful enough for any Clinic, yet easy-to-learn and use. Here is a sample of some of the dynamic features contained in Clinic Practice Management.

Features

• Customizable Fields
• Customizable Functionality
• Customizable Reporting
• Electronic Medical Records
• SMS & Email Service
• Multi-Clinic
• Multi-Doctor
• Patient Records
• Patient Scheduling
• Physician Scheduling
• Prescription Pad, and MANY MORE... 

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Why Customized software???

Healthlink Infosystems provides fully-customized software system for small clinics and large hospitals. Healthlink Infosystems helps you get your clinic or hospital up and running within few days.

Simply put "one size does not fit all"!
You run your practice the way you like it. You have your own consultation forms and data that you like to capture. Your personal touch and the way you do things is what differentiates you from other doctors. So why give this up to fit into a mold that is forced on you.

Most off-the-shelf commercial software offer highly complex products which are mostly underused or not properly applied in clinical practice. You end up paying for a lot of features you do not need or are not exactly the way you want them.

What about ready-to-run software? Not something to consider unless you are willing to give up on your key differentiators and settle to fit the mold. Further, data extraction for analysis and customized reporting to facilitate practice based research and process improvements are either not possible or will be difficult to do when your data is outside your reach.

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