Providers can send messages such as appointment reminders, electronic statements, and lab results to patients.

The Bizmatics Patient Portal allows providers to better communicate with their own patients. The attending doctor can easily communicate with patients’ other attending physicians without the potential delay of traditional mail or phone messages.

Data is exchanged through the Patient Portal in a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) (www.hipaa.org) compliant and secure fashion.

As exponentially more and more physicians adopt Electronic Medical Records they begin to realize the potential benefits of a Patient Portal.

All too often doctors spend time with patients discussing symptoms, illnesses, and providing medical advice for which they routinely do not bill for. Why? Perhaps a fast paced office with a waiting room of patients and falling behind in the day’s schedule; too many things to remember beyond the “Chief Complaint.”

This may be only one potential reason for under coding and subsequent under billing that many doctors say is routine. The doctor’s note in it’s entirety and the professional manner in which it is ultimately written, documented and adhered to, is the prize.

The patient can log on to a HIPAA compliant and secure URL and complete much of their pertinent patient information on-line prior to their in-person visit.

To minimize the learning curve, data can be entered using on-line forms that look just like traditional paper forms. The forms can be the same forms that your practice has been using for years.

Once a physician’s practice has made the conversion from traditional paper charting to the EMR world, it becomes much easier to add a Patient Portal.

Your practice is the ultimate authority regarding how much data is conveyed to the patient. The patient does not have access to the doctor’s records at any time. The patient only sees what the doctor wants them to see. The physician note remains protected by Bizmatics, Inc. secure measures.

The office staff enjoys the benefits of the patient portal as well. The days of sending the patient a registration packet and hoping it’s complete before the office visit are gone forever. Staff no longer has to wait while the patient fills in all the necessary information. Your practice can save both time and money with the Patient Portal.
The patient fills out the paper work in the luxury of their own home. For patients that do not have access to an internet-enabled computer, a touch screen kiosk can be set up in the lobby away from wandering eyes.

New functionality is being added to patient portals. Bizmatics, Inc supports Patient Portal in English & Spanish versions with automatic translation built in.

Ideally, the practice using a high quality Patient Portal allows the patient to upload their records to a central repository. The continuity of care between different doctors of different specialties, in different locations, becomes a reality for the self-help health- conscious consumer.

Many practices post educational information on their practice web site as a service to their patients. This information does not replace a doctor’s care but serves as a valuable resource to the patient.

Consumers are demanding automation and web services in all facets of daily life. The health care practitioner needs to provide these types of services to remain competitive in today’s health care market.