It is believed that the medical profession is one of the oldest known professions. Its importance cannot be denied in any era. As population grows whereas the numbers of doctors do not, clinics and hospitals become more and more congested. In such circumstances keeping track of patients, their billing and appointment becomes a very hard task. Employing a secretary who is expected to do all the work is just not an option anymore.
Because a secretary keeps all his records in files, their arrangements in such a way that the retrieval of a certain patients file is achieved in minimal time is just not an option. The solution to this problem has now been found thanks to the large number of medical billing softwares available. This is just another good use of a computer.
Through the use of this billing software one can perform the following tasks in a very easy way
1.The software can generates the electronic medical record (EMR) which not only has the record of the current treatment that the patient has availed but has the information about all the previous medical facility used.
2.The task of giving an appointment has been made very easy. All you need to tell to the software are the days and time of the week that you are available so whenever a new appointment is made the software automatically checks your availability and incase that timeslot is available gives the appointment to the patient. You have the facility of changing your availability time and automatically all your appointments change and even the patients are informed automatically.
3.The billing procedure is now a piece of cake. Tell the software to open the record of the patient (which is assigned a special serial number or ID), tell the software about the treatment that the patient received and the software will generate a bill automatically. Incase where the patient has an unpaid bill the software adds the previous bill to the current bill.
To really appreciate the effects of this medical software let us consider a scenario in which there are about one hundred patients in your clinic, you have working for the whole day now so naturally you are pretty tired. The next patient comes in and starts telling you about what trouble he has been facing but very soon you realize that this particular patient was treated by you previously but you can’t actually recall what exactly for? In cases such as these you would waste a huge amount of time in trying to sort out the patients file. In contrast suppose that the same patient came to you, the only thing that you asked was the patient id assigned by the billing software. You open the patient record and in an instant you see the whole medical history of the patient. Now you have a very clear picture of what the patient has been suffering from, so you treat him in a better manner. At the end simply generate the bill and with such small effort you not only satisfy the patient but also save a lot of valuable time as well. Therefore the use of medical billing software is highly recommended for all medical practictioners.
