Software Electronic medical records software is becoming a crucial component of healthcare administration. Gulf View Associates and Sarasota Outpatient Clinic should certainly consider one of the following three medical software systems: Medisoft Clinical, MEDENT Chart Central, and McKesson EHR. These three software systems are designed to streamline medical recordkeeping and other administrative work. One of the primary functions of electronic health records (EHR) software is to "reduce costs by improving quality, safety and efficiency," (McKessen, 2011). Therefore, the cost of installing and maintaining the software system plus training staff in its use must be offset by long-term financial gains for the institution.

McKessen offers EHR systems for both clinics and private practices. Among the functions of the software include "prescription management, diagnostic order entry, results reporting, encounter documentation and clinical workflow management," (McKessen, 2011). The McKessen software suite includes Horizon Ambulatory Care, which focuses on patient records management, and also Horizon Practice Plus, which is more billing-focused....

RelayHealth is McKessen's extra networking system, which allows physicians to communicate easily with other doctors as well as with pharmacists and insurers.
Medisoft Clinical is also owned by the McKesson Corporation. Described as "a complete electronic health record/practice management system that works seamlessly to minimize practice disruption," Medisoft Clinical is a robust EHR/EMR system that includes some unique features such as automated alerts for nurses in emergency and operating rooms; the sharing of demographic data to reduce redundancy, and automatic populating with ICD-9 and other coding systems.

MEDENT Chart Central includes the ability to access patient charts, documents, and lab results and also allows for easy input via oral dictation. Office appointments can also be integrated into Chart Central, which includes integrated Internet access. At an extra cost, the institution can purchase separate but seamlessly integrated services such as MEDENT Mobile, and imaging software analysis.

Therefore, all three of these systems offer a wealth of tools that our organization can…