The physicians in urgent care centers have to deal with high paced heavy workflows every day. In order to manage these workflows efficiently and in a timely manner, practitioners require software that could chart simple complaints without creating a backlog for more complex cases.

This means that it should have all the features that are needed to make the workflow fluent, streamlined. Urgent Care Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Practice Management (PM) software enhances the profitability even at lower-margin services and improves access and sharing of patient information through robust patient portals and referral portals.

Features of Urgent Care Software

To have a good understanding of how the software works, it is advisable to learn about the different features and functionalities of the software. Before choosing an Urgent Care EMR Software, we should check if the software has the following key features:

Patient Intake Forms – Urgent care EMR software should cater to Patient Intake through electronic check-ins and it should track the amount wait time for quality assurance

SOAP Note Templates – Urgent care EMR software should provide customized templates for SOAP note-taking

Interface for Medical Equipment – Urgent care EMR software should allow integration with the proper suite of diagnostic tools (e.g. lab results, Holter monitors, EKGs, X-rays, etc.)

Electronic Prescriptions – Urgent care EMR software should record and send e-prescriptions directly to other practices and pharmacies according to the patient’s preferred locations.

E&M Billing Assistance – Urgent care System must provide Urgent care E&M billing assistance for a variety of different payers (e.g. employers, worker’s compensation claims, group health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and self-pay, etc.)

Top 10 Urgent Care EMR & PM Software by EMRSystems

Do keep in mind that selecting a robust Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software doesn’t always mean that it will be out of budget. Here are our budgeted top picks for your pediatric practice:

When selecting Urgent Care Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Practice Management (PM) software it is important to make a selection that is user-friendly, secure and offers features that will facilitate patient engagement systems and Clinical Decision Support. Based on our conversations with the practitioners and medical officers, most of them find marketed features as redundant or irrelevant. Our advice is to actually look at your clinical and administrative workflow to determine the aspects of the EHR System you need and also consult your provider to ensure that the Urgent Care System you are choosing only provides relevant features and not more than what you need.