FACTS:
How do I Install E-Med
Outcomes?
Installation is simple utilizing an E-Med Outcomes CD, or download
from our website.
Appropriate connections to ODBC (Microsoft Database controls) are
automatically connected. Alterations can be made in order to connect
to a number of Billing Systems (in order to automatically import patient
demographics) and/or connect to an ODBC compliant Electronic Medical
Record Systems.
If you have a question or concern about connection to your existing
database or medical billing system, please e-mail
support@emedoutcomes.org to
request further
information. For information regarding installation of EMedOutcomes®
on your local machine, please download: our
Installation Document (PDF)
How is Data stored?
Data is stored in Access by default, but may be placed in any database
of your choice. This may be DBF, Paradox, SQL, etc. The data
is actually in an SQL architecture but stored in Access for a small local
network, for cost considerations.
How do patients enter Data?
Patients enter data from a Kiosk in an easily accessed office location.
This can be in a waiting room or patient area hallway near to office
secretaries who can answer patient questions. Data is
entered via touch-screen, and navigation is built in by answering a few
navigation questions at the beginning of data entry. We also have
the ability to utilize emailed questionnaires to circumvent security
issues which are inherent with real-time logon into a secure network.
Why Collect Outcomes Data?
E-Med Outcomes is designed as a simple to use, inexpensive tool with
which to collect Validated Patient Outcomes Data. The ultimate
result of data collection and analysis is to improve patient care on both
a local and national level. This should empower physicians to
improve medical care and validate the effectiveness of treatment.
Ultimately this effort should be helpful in maintaining and improving
physician control of a medical system overrun by third party payers who
primarily value their profits not patients.
How to use Form Designer:
Form Designer allows the advanced user to develop questionnaires or navigation which run in
E-Med Outcomes, using simple text entry in an easy to use standardized format. We encourage only the use of
Validated Outcomes Measures to
allow for coordinated data collection efforts which are statistically relevant.
Form Designer Document (PDF)
How to use E-Outcomes Administration:
Outcomes Administration
allows the Physician or Researcher to query their own database of
validated Outcomes Measures utilizing multiple parameters. These include age, sex,
race, Insurance carrier, etc. Data can then be evaluated utilizing simple statistical methods which allow the user to examine data on a local level. Their own patient norms may be easily compared to individual
patients, or local norms may be compared to national normative data.
E-Outcomes Administration Document
(PDF)
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