Allegiance Tablet PC Experts and Practice Velocity have partnered to offer a complete solution for your Urgent Care practice.
Practice Velocity provides leading-edge medical software solutions that focus on Urgent Care Centers and Occupational Medicine Clinics. One of our success stories comes from Isabella Urgent Care Center.
Isabella HealthCare Center
Isabella HealthCare Center is an Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine facility located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Using paper pivots, Isabella was beginning to have a problem with an overflow of paper charts. Also, with a walk in Urgent Care Center, they needed to be quick and efficient when dealing with patient information. Something needed to be done about the endless mound of paper in order to give quality care in a reasonable amount of time.
As they began their search, Isabella HealthCare needed a solution capable of handling a fast paced rugged environment, with the ability for quick and easy access to patient data. The original plan was to switch to laptops or desktop computers, but the idea of those computer solutions was quickly thrown out because they lacked the versatility and mobility needed.
In the end, The Isabella HealthCare Center chose a Tablet PC from Allegiance Tablet PC Experts and Motion Computing for its lightweight design, durability, mobile connectivity, and rich feature set.
Overview
Isabella HealthCare Center was originally dealing with a paper pivot system that included paper charts, but all this paper had begun to stack up and they need a way out. The plan was to switch all their data to computers in order to manage everything from patient data to scheduling; however, this still meant that the staff had to use paper to get initial patient data. This partly paper process was still too slow and needed a solution with the ability to be adaptable while still maintaining full functionality throughout the facility.
For their fast paced environment dealing with X-Rays, casting, and vaccinations, just to name a few, it was important to find a lightweight, mobile, easy to use system durable enough to handle their healthcare environment.
Solution
Originally looking to switch to computers Sandy Stadtfeld, the Regional Manager at Isabella HealthCare Center, was given the idea to look at Tablet PC’s. As she began to investigate, Sandy found that Motion’s Tablet PC’s were exactly what she had been looking for. Sandy admitted, “I didn’t know about tablets when I first began to search, but after we discovered them I liked their portability along with the ability to either connect a keyboard or just use the stylus.”
With the tablet’s powerful processor, the clinical staff was able to store patient data for use anywhere. They were even able to bring the tablets directly into the exam rooms with no trouble. Sandy went on to add, “The tablets are very versatile. They give our clinical staff the ability to carry the tablets and write on them as if they were regular patient charts. After using the tablets they can be placed into a stand to charge, and they are very easy to learn and to use!”
Result
Isabella HealthCare Center is using their Motion Tablets with the Practice Velocity Urgent Care Solution for the fastest patient charting, urgent care billing, taking simple notes in the exam rooms, same day patient scheduling, and the PiVoT system with rapid documentation for faster patient flow through the clinic. “We use the tablets for everything; they are very easy to use with patient charts and are used every day with every patient. Also the durability is beyond what we were hoping for,” Sandy explained.
The tablets are also giving Isabella HealthCare a more personal touch in the exam rooms. Giving the clinical staff the ability to enter data directly onto the tablet, as if it were a clipboard they were writing on, gave them the freedom to not leave the room to input or retrieve patient data. Because of this mobility, it gives patients great confidence that the practice is up to date and dedicated to giving the best possible quality of care.
“The tablets are great, they’ve saved us a tremendous amount of time and probably half a rain forest’s worth of trees,” Sandy said, “also, the service from Allegiance Tablet PC Experts and John Hill is excellent, I TOTALLY recommend them!”
Using VelociDoc Tablet EMR from Practice Velocity, you get these benefits:
Fast - document patient visits in under 2 minutes
Increased Profits - more than $10/patient GUARANTEED
Automated Coding - optimized for urgent care
Intuitive - charting is chief complaint driven
To learn more about how Practice Velocity's EMR solutions can help you improve the profitability of your urgent care practice, visit www.practicevelocity .com or call 1-888-357-4209.
Need Tablet PCs for your practice? Allegiance is the preferred partner for Practice Velocity customers. Call one of our experts at 877-772-5587 and a tablet consultant will walk you through a list of questions to find the perfect fit for how you work.