Wound EMR eliminates complicated paperwork associated with wound care management and enhances the practice workflow to generate better outcomes.

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Wound EMR for Smooth Practice Workflow and
Better Outcomes
Wound care management is a field that requires huge documentation for clinical and
financial reasons. With an EMR designed specially for wound care, you can
overcome the documentation challenges to ensure smooth practice workflow and
increased outcomes. Let’s consider a paper-based system in which wound care
nurses need to fill out all of the patients’ medical conditions, surgeries and their
medications by themselves, and physicians too have to make copious
documentation. This is time-consuming and hectic for any wound care practice,
especially when new technologies (for example, tele-wound care) and products (for
example, negative pressure wound therapy system) are evolving. The electronic
record system can make this process quick and efficient. Here is a detailed view.

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How Wound Care Nurses and Physicians Can Benefit from EMR
Nurses – Typically, nurses will have to record vital signs, go through the
medications patients take, review symptoms and medical history and document
each item. However, wound EMR will automatically populate relevant data entry
points according to the information entered by the nurse. For example, if a nurse
enters a medication used to treat diabetes, the system will automatically
document the patient has diabetes. The system will also choose the appropriate
documentation based on the type of wound the nurse designates. For example, if
pressure ulcer is indicated, the system will pull up the staging system
recommended by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Nurses can also add
wound photographs along with the measurements to improve the data quality.
Physicians – With wound EMR system in place, the patient’s record will be
already populated with all basic information at the beginning of the physical
exam. The physicians only need to enhance or modify these findings
appropriately. In this way, the system will help physicians in the following ways.
They can:
 Order for additional tests or procedures
 Specify the reasons for ordered tests or procedures and assign codes
appropriately
 Make referrals to other wound care specialists
The system automatically generates customized reports including the patient’s

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history and physical, referrals, orders and prescriptions while selecting a report
and clicking on the print button. This will eliminate the need for additional
paperwork.
Interface for Nurse and Physician
Wound EMR supported with an interface for physicians and nurses can further
enhance the quality of care. Nurses can enter the patient data along with wound
photographs in their module while physicians can make the necessary amendments
in the physician module. When both modules are connected, it will allow seamless
note comparison for plan of care to provide the highest level of care. For example,
nurses can document debridement while working with the patient’s physician while
physicians may sometimes need to review nurse’s notes to determine the best
treatment options. The connected interface will facilitate nurses and physicians to
scan each other’s documentation quickly, make appropriate changes and ensure
better outcomes.