Former flight surgeon Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, possesses extensive experience in healthcare management. In a former role, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap oversaw clinical outcomes across the network where he was employed.
A key element in clinical outcomes is making sure patients receive preventive care. The push to integrate preventive care into the healthcare platform also translates into reduced costs for healthcare organizations. In recent years, healthcare organizations are recognizing the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in increasing preventive care outcomes.
EMRs are used to assist in clinical decision support (CDS) that involves providing patients with appropriate preventative care measures. EMRs play a two-pronged role in assisting healthcare providers with centralizing information and a place where patient therapies (and outcomes) can be recorded.
EMRs are important in preventive care for few other central reasons. EMRs serve as tools for tracking patient progress and therapy, which reduces duplication in services and maximizes performance measures. They aid physicians in diagnosing patients sooner, and more importantly, they reduce errors and improves patient safety.
On larger scale, EMRs have the possibility to gather data to make decisions about whole populations. For example, this tool can store information related to a group of patients suffering from the same condition, and search for the patients that qualify for a specific treatment. This data would include current medications a patient has been prescribed. In terms of public health outcomes, this tool is invaluable in healthcare management.
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