Netsmart Releases White Paper: Improve Adoption, Care and
Outcomes with Intuitive Electronic Health Record. How Innovative, Intuitive EHRs Enhance
Workflow and Improve Consumer Care.
Full
press release below.
SOURCE:
Netsmart, www.ntst.com
1/17/2013
- (Overland Park, Kan.) Netsmart, the leading provider of clinical solutions
for health and human services organizations nationwide, today announced
availability of a white paper, “Improve Adoption, Care and Outcomes with
Intuitive Electronic Health Record.” The white paper details the importance of
an organization selecting the right electronic health record (EHR) for their
needs. The white paper is available for download on the Netsmart
website.
Today’s healthcare environment is rapidly evolving, driven by a focus
on clinical quality, behavioral health and primary care integration, and
outcomes/recovery-based care. This has led to an increasing need for EHRs in
behavioral health that support integrated clinical data exchange across the
care spectrum. Choosing the right EHR, one that enhances quality of care of
consumers while increasing business and operational efficiencies, is key.
Netsmart
is committed to providing health and human services providers with innovative
technology and solutions that help improve outcomes and reduce costs. This
white paper discusses how an innovative, intuitive EHR can help organizations
provide coordinated care and improved patient outcomes.
Because user
experience is essential to EHR adoption and productivity, Netsmart created its
myAvatar solution, an intuitive and role-based, ONC-ATCB-certified EHR and
practice management solution specific to the behavioral health community.
The
myAvatar solution offers significant, exclusive benefits:
• Maximum user
efficiency – myAvatar software allows users to customize the desktop to their
unique roles within the organization. This supports faster adoption of the
system, reduces training time and encourages users to be up and running in less
time by providing immediate access to the specific tools they need. These
modifications can be easily made without custom programming or in-depth
technical knowledge.
• Improved user satisfaction – Because myAvatar software
is so easily personalized, users have increased confidence in the product and
can be more productive, leading to higher staff satisfaction and improved
customer service.
• More time caring for consumers – The easy-to-navigate user
interface and role-based home views translate into less time navigating the
system and more time providing and supporting consumer care.
“Leading your
organization into the new era of accountable care is complex and requires strategic
thinking and commitment by all members of your team,” said Michael Valentine,
chief executive officer, Netsmart. “Selectingand implementing the right EHR for
your organization is a key first step. The right EHR not only allows
organizations to improve business efficiencies, but also provides a solid
foundation for coordinated care and improving patient outcomes.”
Integral to
the development of myAvatar and now an addition to all solution enhancements,
Netsmart created a UX (user experience) team. The UX team is focused on
workflow and usability, assuring that the Netsmart solution is an extension of
the individual doing the work and capturing data when and where it should be
captured as easily as possible. Success in usability is measured not only in
reduction in keystrokes, mouse clicks and mouse sweeps, but also evaluations on
length of time on task, number of errors eliminated, amount of training time,
and self-reported ratings about ease of use.
Through a combination of
innovative technology and cutting-edge solutions and services, Netsmart is
leading the way to ensure health and human services providers have the tools
they need to provide outstanding care to their consumers in an ever-evolving
industry.
Additional white papers on other current industry topics of interest
to health and human services providers are available for download on the
Netsmart website.
For detailed information about Netsmart’s certified EHRs,
visit http://www.ntst.com/about/certifications.asp
About Netsmart
Netsmart helps
health and human services organizations transform care through the
collaborative, coordinated management and exchange of clinical data across the
care spectrum and through effective practice management that improves revenue
cycle management. More than 21,000 client organizations, including 350,000 care
providers and more than 40 state systems, use Netsmart products to help improve
the quality of life for tens of millions of people each year. Netsmart clients
include mental health and substance use treatment agencies, psychiatric
hospitals, private and group mental health practices, public health
departments, social services and child and family health agencies, vital
records offices, and managed care organizations. Netsmart’s products are
full-featured information systems that operate on a variety of operating
systems, hardware platforms, and mobile devices, and offer unlimited
scalability.
Netsmart provides the solutions and expertise that help its
clients meet all the criteria for Meaningful Use of an Electronic Health Record
(EHR) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of
2009.
Building upon Netsmart’s Complete ARRA-Certified EHRs, Netsmart clients
can also create a complete connected care environment encompassing
e-prescribing and order entry, sharing clinical information and lab results,
and using Web portals to provide secure and private consumer access to care
information.
Netsmart is also pleased to support the EveryDay Matters
Foundation, which was established for organizations within the behavioral and
public health communities to learn from each other and share their causes and
stories. Organizations can also request grants for their cause or to help fund
technology that advances the way care is delivered. For more information, visit
www.everydaymatters.com/foundation
For information about Netsmart’s full range
of solutions for health and human services organizations, visit www.ntst.com or
call 1-800-472-5509. Also follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and visit
us on YouTube.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Dave Kishler
Netsmart Technologies
614.764.0143, Ext. 7252 dkishler@ntst.com
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