Every day, we work with and visit OB-GYN practices across the country. We see tremendously dedicated clinicians consulting with patients on a full range of health concerns and conditions. We see passionate nurses and staff assisting expectant mothers in understanding pregnancy and its stages of development. We see administrators seeking greater efficiencies to help practices run smoothly and profitably.
Unfortunately, we also continue to see practitioners and practices:
- Drowning in paper.
- Too frequently wasting time looking for lost charts.
- Increasing their liability exposure through poor and incomplete documentation.
- Struggling to manage an unwieldy and fragmented workflow.
- Dealing with disconnected communication systems and processes.
- Experiencing financial performance because of poor A/R management.
- Not enjoying the lifestyle they could and should enjoy.
Despite these issues, we know OB-GYN is a thriving, innovative specialty, caring for millions of women with their daily health and delivering over 4 million children each year. However, paper-based charting, cumbersome communications systems and disordered practice management systems have proven inefficient, costly and rife with risks for both patients and providers alike. We see a need for change.
The continuum of care of OB-GYN is unique. You as a practitioner are called on to make medical decisions across a variety of settings: office, home, cell phone and hospital. You and your staff need solutions that move information but do not impose more work. Simply, that is what we at digiChart strive to deliver; clinical and practice management solutions that mirror the common workflow of an OB-GYN practice and put updated information in the right place, in the right hands, at the right time.
For example with our Patient Portal, we shift work from the physician and staff to the patient. When a woman schedules a new prenatal appointment in digiChart, she can input her medical and social history from home. Her history is received in a dialogue format via the Internet. This solution is native to our product—no templates and no retyping. The information automatically populates each woman’s electronic chart, saving time in examination room and allowing you to focus more attention on the patient and her concerns
Practices using digiChart are reporting unmatchable annual returns because of higher coding accuracy, greater billing and scheduling efficiencies, elimination of transcription, improvements in communications and operations and decreases in overhead. We know our solutions improve patient safety because updated information is always available, and reduce liability risks because documentation is complete, consistent and legible.
Possibly most importantly, physicians tell us they are leaving 10 minutes after seeing their last patient, typically 1-2 hours earlier than before implementing digiChart. That leaves physicians more time for family, friends and relaxation. We believe that improving physicians’ lifestyles helps them deliver better patient care and makes for better practices.
We will never claim to be able to fix every issue within an OB-GYN practice. We firmly believe our vision for women’s health and our committed focus on OB-GYN delivers a different experience you cannot find in other solutions on the market.