Referral vs. Care
"Can I do Referral Management and Preadmission Screening with an EMR?"
While Vindicet Patient Match™ does collect clinical information it is not an Electronic Medical Record. It was designed to meet a very different set of business needs, and in for organizations that have implemented EMRs Vindicet Patient Match complements the EMR very well.
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Vindicet Patient Match |
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) |
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| Business Need: |
- Collect information to determine where best to place the patient (facility and level of care).
- Gather marketing information to manage business development and relationships with referrers.
- Smooth transition between referring and accepting facilities.
- Take the referral faster than the competition!
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- Improve delivery of patient care.
- Gather metrics to support meaningful use and
- Improve clinical outcomes.
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| Scope: |
- Small, flexible, web-based tool.
- Fast implementation with customizable workflow (4-6 weeks on average with little impact to current process).
- Assessments managed through online forms manager. No programming knowledge required for most customizations.
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- Enterprise implementation with impact on most parts of the organization.
- Major implications to clinical and administrative processes.
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