BRANFORD, Conn., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1969, Horizon Orthopedic, Inc. has a distinguished reputation as a premier group of physicians providing non-operative and surgical orthopedic care to the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. With their latest technological advancement of creating electronic medical records, they are slated to save over $150,000 in filing costs, supplies, outsourcing labor, space savings and copying fees over the next two years.
Federal healthcare regulations including HIPAA, Medicare and Stark II have set the stage for making electronic medical records a primary goal for the health care industry. In addition to addressing privacy issues, HIPAA establishes a standard for electronic processing of health care claims include establishing security measures for all electronic data and an audit trail to identify who is accessing health information.
With this in mind and armed with a strategic plan to strengthen its presence in the regional health care market, Horizon Orthopedic set out to improve their responsiveness to patients and outside physicians, increase turnaround time and improve access to complete information.
“Any healthcare provider can attest that the ‘Chart Hunt’ is the bane of the healthcare profession and an issue the industry and the federal government have struggled with for years,” says Jennifer Aponte, practice administrator and chief executive officer. “Access to current patient information could be compromised by something as simple as a patient office note not inserted properly in a chart or the chart not timely located.” she says.
After examining other software offerings, Horizon Orthopedic chose Westbrook Technologies’ Fortis document management software. “We chose Fortis for its use of ‘best of breed’ technology,” says Aponte. “We saw that it is a proven business tool across industries and a scalable solution that we could rollout to our multiple sites.”
Horizon Orthopedics’ wide area network (WAN) allows all four offices access to Fortis providing quick and easy retrieval of EOBs (Explanation of Benefit forms) and patient claim information. Employee files and benefits information are securely stored and Human Resources can monitor accountability for timely performances using Audit Trail. This option allows an administrator to track user activities. Other documents stored in the Fortis system include contracts, leases; purchase agreements, licensure, and credentialing.
Westbrook Technologies’ document management software solutions assist clients in 40 countries in streamlining their business processes and work smarter. To learn more about Westbrook Technologies, log on to westbrooktech.com or call (800) WHY-FILE.
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