What Makes a Good EHR?
What Makes a Good EHR?
The healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving, and having a reliable Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is essential for any practice. However, many common complaints about EHRs highlight areas where improvements are necessary. My Best Practice (MBP) addresses these concerns, offering a comprehensive solution designed to meet the needs of healthcare providers and their patients. Our goal is to save practitioners time with a user-friendly display, a simple streamlined workflow, and automations to take care of business needs, and make evidence-based care easy.
Usability Issues
Complex Interfaces: One of the primary complaints about EHRs is their overly complicated interfaces, which can be frustrating and require extensive training. Clinicians often find themselves spending too much time navigating the system rather than focusing on patient care. One impetus of the origination of My Best Practice was that other EHRs were confusing to look at and use. There were too many things in your face.
Time-Consuming Data Entry: Another significant issue is the amount of time required to enter data. This process can detract from the quality time clinicians spend with their patients.
The MBP Advantage: My Best Practice simplifies the user experience with an intuitive interface that requires minimal training. Our system streamlines data entry, allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care and less on administrative tasks. We did this with a clean, simple, and intuitive interface that still possesses a set of comprehensive features and robust functionality. We only put what most users use most of the time in front of you. Everything else is typically one click away.
Technical Issues
System Downtime: EHR systems can experience outages or slow performance, disrupting clinical workflows and causing frustration among staff. Many EHRs have had downtimes for their Telehealth and even the EHR itself.
Software Bugs: Users frequently encounter glitches and errors that compromise the functionality of EHRs.
The MBP Advantage: My Best Practice is built on a robust platform designed to minimize downtime and ensure high performance. Regular updates and maintenance keep our system running smoothly, reducing the likelihood of technical issues. While we know every software platform could have downtimes, fortunately after seven years, our users have never experienced downtimes. Of course, we know that could change. We can only say that we are committed to maintaining architecture that optimizes for stability.
Costs
High Implementation and Maintenance Costs: The financial burden of implementing and maintaining EHR systems is a common concern, especially for smaller practices.
The MBP Advantage: My Best Practice offers cost-effective solutions that cater to practices of all sizes. Our transparent pricing model provides excellent value, ensuring even smaller practices can afford top-quality EHR services. While we serve solo practitioners, My Best Practice is a top choice for group practices, agencies, research labs, and universities. Our pricing is ideal for solo practitioners, and we intentionally have made an unlimited number of non-clinical staff free and adding additional professionals affordable, so large groups can benefit from our pricing as well, and can grow without it being cost prohibitive.
Impact on Workflow
Disruption of Clinical Workflow: The introduction of EHRs can disrupt existing workflows, requiring significant adjustments from staff.
Increased Administrative Burden: Clinicians often feel that EHRs add to their administrative workload without proportionate benefits to patient care.
The MBP Advantage: My Best Practice is designed to fit seamlessly into existing workflows, minimizing disruptions. Our EHR reduces administrative burdens through efficient features and automation, allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care. We also offer a White Glove Migration that includes training of administrative and clinical staff, which practices and organizations really love.
Data Privacy and Security Concerns
Risk of Data Breaches: Security of patient information and potential data breaches are significant concerns.
Complex Compliance Requirements: Maintaining compliance with regulations like HIPAA can be challenging with EHR systems.
The MBP Advantage: My Best Practice prioritizes data security and privacy, employing advanced security measures to protect patient information. Our EHR is fully compliant with HIPAA and other relevant regulations, providing peace of mind to our users.
Patient Care Impact
Reduced Face-to-Face Interaction: The time spent interacting with EHRs can reduce the quality of direct patient interaction.
Inaccurate or Incomplete Records: Issues with data entry and system limitations can lead to incomplete or inaccurate patient records.
The MBP Advantage: This is where My Best Practice truly shines. My Best Practice enhances patient care by streamlining documentation processes, ensuring accurate and complete records with scaffolding, cueing, reinforcement, and many automations that allow clinicians to provide the best practices in Evidence-based Practice while saving them time. And with the automations, we give them back minutes in every session that let them spend more time listening, hypothesizing about their next intervention, etc. Our EHR allows clinicians to spend more time with patients and less time on administrative tasks and clinical record keeping.
The Best EHR for You
A good EHR should address common issues such as usability, technical problems, cost, workflow impact, data security, and patient care. My Best Practice excels in these areas, providing a comprehensive solution that enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare practices. By choosing My Best Practice, you invest in an EHR that prioritizes user experience and patient care, ensuring the best outcomes for your practice. We always want our users to be incredibly satisfied. To that end, we listened to the needs of practitioners and clients, along with ensuring evidence-based care could be carried out in a real world setting to make My Best Practice an easy choice for you to continue to provide the highest quality of care to your clients with minimal effort, lower stress levels, and less time.
