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Doctor-Patient Communication Gets the Rx it Needs

Harrisonburg, Va.—If you have ever had a doctor’s appointment, you understand the limited one-on-one time you get with a doctor due to physician’s heavy patient loads and overflowing paperwork. Chart-MD, an online toolkit launched today, provides patients with the resources they need to take a more active role in their care. Using the latest technology, Chart-MD offers patients a free, more efficient way of communicating with their physician and provides small medical offices with an inexpensive electronic medical record solution.

Designed and developed by a physician, Chart-MD is a comprehensive Web-based toolkit that utilizes infrastructure that is already available within small medical offices. It is simple enough to implement and employ without an IT department, with various components costing less than $50 per month.

Chart-MD does not replace the one-on-one time with a physician; it enhances the patient’s involvement with his or her own care. In between appointments, patients can track prescription information, record medical symptoms, receive lab results, schedule appointments online, find answers to important medical questions and ask questions of their physician and front office.

“Technology has become an essential part of all business, with the exception of doctors’ offices,” says Chart-MD Chief Executive Officer James Loynes, M.D. “Physicians need to offer technology-savvy solutions in order to keep up with their patients’ needs. I developed Chart-MD to take better care of patients. There are many solutions available that claim to offer the solution for electronic medical records but they are not obtainable for a small private practice—they are too expensive and need IT support in order to run effectively.”

Chart-MD will help medical offices reduce operating costs while improving efficiency and patient satisfaction. The front office will save time by scheduling appointments online. Chart-MD also provides physicians a fast and secure way to communicate lab results with patients, track screening tests and monitor individual patients’ symptoms and medical histories. By using cutting-edge technology, physicians will be able to gather more accurate patient information and store it in a more efficient manner.

“As a family practitioner, I have been very interested in adding electronic medical records to our office’s computer system to improve our documentation, expedite information sharing for billing and referrals and decrease overhead costs related to chart generation, maintenance and filing,” says Rebecca Botticelli, M.D. “To this point, however, this has just been too costly to reasonably consider with the software systems on the market. I have been using Chart-MD; it serves my office needs at the same monthly cost as my personal cell phone service. My patients have found it easy to use. The patient-interactive features of Chart-MD are a timely tool as I seek new ways to encourage proactive prevention and patient-centered care.”

Chart-MD is HIPAA compliant. The Chart-MD toolkit is secured on dedicated servers with a 256-bit encryption SSL. All patient information is password protected.

“As a software professional and technology user, I’ve been waiting for my healthcare providers to catch up with the rest of world in terms of data sharing,” says Scott Gray, early adopter of Chart-MD. “I get a monthly e-mail with diagnostics regarding my mini-van but, before Chart-MD came along, I was in the dark regarding my own medical data. With Chart-MD, I am an informed member of my healthcare team and can take a more active role in my own care.”

Dr. Loynes designed Chart-MD after successfully developing www.Flash-Med.com, an online tool that provides information to physicians, nurses, physician assistants, medical students and patients. Flash-Med has more than 300,000 users per month and more than 1.5 million pages served per month.

Patients wanting to use Chart-MD should talk with their physician.

About Chart-MD Toolkit

Appointments-MD

	Appointments-MD allows patients to schedule appointments online, which results in improved front office efficiency. Patient convenience is optimized with 24/7 access to the secure Internet-based scheduling tool. In the world of health care, this is cutting-edge convenience.

Data-MD

	Data-MD enables patients and physicians to easily graph health parameters such as blood glucose and blood pressure levels. Physicians team up with patients by giving them the tools to help them monitor, record and report their health parameters.

INR-MD

	INR-MD will graph, document, record, and communicate INR results and Coumadin dosing. The site allows physicians to communicate INR results to patients electronically. It also gives physicians the ability to adjust Coumadin doses in a safe, reliable manner, as well as review previous dosing. The patient/physician team can conveniently communicate online, cutting down on phone messages. Also, a physician can confirm that the patient has viewed the information.

Labs-MD

	With Labs-MD, patients can retrieve laboratory results 24/7 using a secure web site. Because patients use unique passwords, they do not have to take time to visit the physician’s office to verify their identity. Some physicians use telephone systems to report lab results. Labs-MD takes this one step further by allowing patients to save the information online as well as print the results. .

Notes-MD

	Notes-MD is a solution that uses point-and-click technology to enable physicians to maintain an electronic medical record of office visits, admissions, discharges, hospital progress notes, patient admission histories and past appointments, and follow-up notes. Though many offices still use traditional paperwork, there are many benefits to using an electronic method. Files can be accessed through any computer, which allows medical staff to make quick and more informed decisions. Improved efficiency decreases errors with easy access and templates. There is coding assistance built in to the program.

Orders-MD

	Orders-MD is an electronic order-entry solution that improves operational efficiency through templates and centralized printing. Physicians save time when they use this technology to save customized order sets and templates. Easy to read printouts decrease handwriting errors. Hospitals or physician groups can enter their order sets into Orders-MD and allow their physicians access to this advanced technology. All orders are saved and easily printed or emailed.

Timeline-MD

	Physicians are able to work with patients to build easy to read timelines of past medical events and future plans. Timeline-MD produces timelines of symptoms, screening tests, surgeries, medications, and hospitalizations. This allows patients access to their medical records 24/7 and enhances one-on-one communication with their physicians.

Voiceorders-MD

	Voiceorders-MD is a powerful solution for hospitals or home health agencies. This web-based resource can be used to centralize voice order entry, utilize electronic signatures, cut down on mail by allowing the physicians to sign off on the voice orders online, and easily track and document all voice orders.

Meds-MD

	Meds-MD is an online medication reconciliation solution that starts by putting patient safety first. Hospitals can fulfill their JCAHO requirement by using Meds-MD. Patients can track their medications and corresponding dosages. Meds-MD enhances communication and provides the necessary structure for documenting the complete list of patient medications.

Flash-Med

	Flash-Med provides information and answers to medical questions for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, medical students and patients. It provides accurate, useful, and free information that is frequently reviewed by physicians.