3 Ways to Leverage EHR Dashboards

In today’s data-driven world, making informed decisions is crucial for success. Similarly, protecting patient data is crucial to organizational compliance and security. One of the key tools in achieving this within the healthcare sector is the use of electronic health records (EHR), especially those featuring an EHR dashboard for easy visbility.

EHR dashboards play a vital role by serving as a primary data source for comprehensive patient information, enabling healthcare providers to monitor performance and improve efficiency. These EHR dashboards benefit healthcare organizations by providing real-time data and insights, automating processes, and enhancing productivity.

3 Ways to Leverage An OccMed EHR Dashboard

The demand for Occupational Medicine (OccMed) services and data-driven decisions has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic — but there isn’t enough time for staff to manually monitor, manage, or report all the key performance indicators dashboards (KPI dashboards) needed. having KPI visibility in an EHR dashboard within an OccMed software may hold the answer, which are primary features of Net Health’s Occupational Health, which features an Occupational Medicine EMR and another EMR for Employee Health. These EHR dashboards allow healthcare providers to track key performance indicators to monitor patient health and improve engagement.

“The dashboard has always been a game-changer,” says Gene Howell, CEO of Reliant Urgent Care, a Net Health client and CEO of RCM Insights, which provides billing services for Net Health® Occupational Medicine, and Net Health® Employee Health.

EHR dashboards are a single centralized source of insight where staff can access real-time KPIs for greater visibility into employer services documentation, medical staff compliance, and staff work completion rates. Additionally, EHR dashboards provide high-level and real-time information to help practice managers work smarter, boost productivity levels, and identify areas that require the most effort for maximizing the return on investment.

Not All EHR Dashboards are Equal

“In healthcare, it’s important to select dashboards that are created specifically to address the nuances of occupational medicine and employer services within an EHR system,” notes Howell. “Many dashboards only provide one-dimensional views of KPIs that are only related to urgent care. To be effective and helpful, OccMed dashboards must be multidimensional.” Howell also helped develop Net Health’s OccMed dashboard. “It’s the only dashboard that gives KPIs related to occupational medicine,” he says.

EHR dashboards can automate and consolidate data through common analytic processes, helping healthcare organizations manage tasks efficiently.

In healthcare, it’s important to select dashboards that are created specifically to address the nuances of occupational medicine and employer services.Gene Howell, CEO, Reliant Urgent Care

Here are three ways medical staff can fully harness the power behind OccMed EHR dashboards.

1. Accurately Track KPIs about Healthcare Providers’ Compliance and Work Completion

Our EHR dashboard generates KPIs that improve staff, employer, and employee support by utilizing patient data. With EHR dashboards, owners and staff can easily create and monitor these top Urgent Care and OccMed Dashboard KPIs:

• Peak times
• Provider productivity
• Types of visits and how they impact staffing
• Number of visits seen for every evaluation
• Percentage of OccMed visits of total patient volume
• Follow up ratios compared to national standards
• Time from initial visit to the resolution of medical complaint
• The ratio of new injuries to physical therapy sessions
• The ratio of new injuries to durable medical equipment utilization
• The ratio of new patients to follow-up visits
• Total charges per workers’ compensation follow-up appointment
• Percentage of new injuries that are recordable vs. first aid by the provider
• Total charges per new injury by the provider
• Total charges per workers’ compensation follow-up appointment by the provider
• OccMed visits divided into occupational health percent vs. workers’ compensation percent

EHR dashboards can also track accounts receivable, providing real-time data on charges, payments, adjustments, and denials.

2. Monitor KPIs and Patient Outcomes in a Timely Way

EHR dashboards provide real-time and easily digestible data to meet the needs of even the most demanding schedules. OccMed businesses can monitor the critical trends and KPIs that are going to help them change course very quickly as it relates both to finances and also the performance of the providers and the business overall. Monitoring these KPIs can lead to improved patient outcomes by enabling targeted interventions.

Being able to effortlessly monitor live KPIs via an EHR dashboard, by setting up alerts, can speed up response times and increase the chances of successfully meeting patient care goals in a fast-paced environment.

3. Increase Productivity with Clear Documentation For Employer Services

Increasingly, employers are turning to OccMed for more guidance. An EHR dashboard gives OccMed organizations the ability to offer employers clearly documented and accurate clinical data on a 24/7 basis. Employers can see every detail or a high-level summary about employee health, billing, treatment plans, and other key information, allowing them to make faster, more informed decisions. EHR dashboards can help manage tasks by prioritizing workflow elements, leading to increased efficiency by shifting the administrative burden from staff to EHR dashboards.

Find out more about the power of EHR dashboards to accurately track OccMed-specific KPIs, medical staff compliance, productivity, and employer services. EHR dashboards can also identify and address patient flow problems to improve productivity.

References

¹US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Outlook Handbook,” webpage, accessed July 29, 2021 

²Max Lebow, Journal of Urgent Care Medicine, “The top 15 occ med key performance indicators for your urgent care center”, webpage, accessed September 13, 2021.

³Net Health, “ 6 Key Performance Indicators for Your Occupational Medicine Practice,” July 20, 2020