{"id":818,"date":"2012-02-23T06:25:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2014-08-14T07:27:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T07:27:04","slug":"the-significance-of-hit-to-small-practis-clinicceal-and-operational-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/the-significance-of-hit-to-small-practis-clinicceal-and-operational-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Significance of HIT to Small Practices\u2019 Clinical and Operational Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs HIT systems provide timely access to patient information and encourage collaborative exchange of health information with\u00a0 other providers, patients, and insurers, small practices can look to benefit in terms of effective and\u00a0 efficient medical care delivery,\u00a0 optimized operational expenditure, and maximized revenue generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The significance of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) in today\u2019s medical care has grown to be so much that it is hard to imagine an effective and efficient healthcare delivery without streamlined, integrated and comprehensive HIT. Whereas large clinical settings, hospitals, and multi-specialty groups \u2013 owing to their ability to afford HIT related capital expenditure \u2013 have tried, tested and relied on HIT for optimizing clinical and operational efficiency, it is the their smaller counterparts \u2013 standalone and small practices \u2013 who are yet to realize the potential of HIT in their medical practices. If HIT can hold good for larger hospitals, it should also hold good for small practices.<\/p>\n

With the clinical and operational process remaining more or less similar to that of large hospitals, small practices can benefit greatly from an integrated HIT module that comprises variety of integrated data sources, including patient Electronic Medical Records, Decision Support Systems, and Computerized Physician Order Entry for medications. As HIT systems provide timely access to patient information and encourage collaborative exchange of health information with other providers, patients, and insurers, small practices can look to benefit in terms of effective and\u00a0 efficient medical care delivery,\u00a0 optimized operational expenditure, and maximized revenue generation.<\/p>\n

But, like in any venture scenario, small practices would have to clear obstacles in terms of Market Forces that come in the way of migrating to a full-pledged Health Information System (HIT). Current market conditions place serious obstacles in the way of effective HIT implementation. Amongst many such market forces, the following pose greater obstacles:<\/p>\n