ing how to operate a new charting format,
going back to the ease of use component
that was a priority when CHS developed
the system.
“If it isn’t easier to use, if it doesn’t allow
doctors to simply practice better medicine
and focus on the patients while automat-
ing the office workflow, you’ve squan-
dered the promise of going digital in the
first place,” Dr. Tyson said.
Whether a doctor is operating a solo prac-
tice or has joined a group health centre,
the benefits of using a better designed
EMR are many: increased net income,
better workflow through automated pro-
cesses, fast and accurate automated
billing,reduced office operating expenses
and more efficient charting, whether by
writing, typing or speaking. Another key
feature is the system’s minimal learning
curve, designed with busy doctors and
medical office staff in mind.
“There are different levels of computer lit-
eracy and we have to suss that out — at
the administrative level, at the physician
level, at the nurse level,” said Hayley Kash,
Director of Operations for CHS. “Once we
assess those different levels, the goal is
100-percent meaningful use.”
UP AND RUNNING
IN AN HOUR
In fact, CHS says that they can introduce
EMR Advantage to a 70-year-old physician
and have the doctor up and running in an
hour. By the third lesson, EMR Advantage
is being used to run the entire practice.
But it doesn’t end there. Because technol-
ogy is always evolving, CHS maintains a
continued relationship with each client, as-
sisting with troubleshooting, providing re-
training when needed, assessing the sys-
tem’s efficacy and returning to upgrade or
“By over-subsidizing relative to the cost of the systems, it led doctors to choose systems that
had minimum impact on them instead of choosing ones that would actually have the
greatest list of benefits to their practice.” Dr. ThomTyson, President and CEO, Canadian
Health Systems (CHS) Inc.
NOVEMBER 2015
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