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Maryland Doctors Serving
Howard, Carroll, And Baltimore
Counties
Waverly Internal Medicine
11165 Stratfield Court, 1st Floor
Marriottsville, MD 21104
Phone: (410) 442-8065
Toll Free: (877) 267-1960
Fax: (410) 442-8067
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Howard, Carroll, And Baltimore
Counties
Waverly Internal Medicine
11165 Stratfield Court, 1st Floor
Marriottsville, MD 21104
Phone: (410) 442-8065
Toll Free: (877) 267-1960
Fax: (410) 442-8067
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Electronic Medical Records
Our high tech office is equipped with the latest
technology including electronic medical records and
charting, online appointments, and e-prescriptions.
With electronic prescriptions, patients have the
convenience of having their prescriptions sent to
the pharmacy of their choice and being available
when the arrive.
Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
For individual patients, access to good care
becomes easier and safer when records can easily
be shared. Important information -- such as blood
type, prescribed drugs, medical conditions and
other aspects of our medical history -- can be
accounted for much more quickly. At the very least,
an existing electronic medical record (EMR) can
save time at the doctor's office. At most, quick
access to our records can be lifesaving if an
emergency occurs and answers to those questions
are needed during the emergency decision-making
process.
Even the federal government thinks electronic
record keeping is important, and it has put its
money and efforts where its recommendations are.
Veterans' hospitals across the country share an
electronic system, called VistA, which allows for
sharing of records for veterans in its health system.
Should a patient find himself in a VA hospital, even
while away from home, the hospital will have the
same access to his or her records that the
hometown hospital does.
Another benefit is safety. In the past, the way a
doctor obtained your health history was by asking
you. Each time you visited a new doctor's office,
you filled out forms about your history, including
previous surgeries, or the drugs you take on a
regular basis. If you forgot a piece of information,
or if you didn't write it down because it seemed
unimportant to you, then your doctor didn't have
that piece of your medical puzzle to work with.
However, when doctors share records electronically,
your new doctor only needs to ask your name, birth
date, and possibly another piece of identifying
information. She can then pull up your records from
their electronic storage space. All of the
information he needs to see will be there in full.
When it comes time to diagnose you, it might be
important to him to learn that you are taking a
certain kind of medication, or even an herbal
supplement -- any information shared with a
previous doctor. Diagnosis and treatment decisions
might be altered based on that information, which
is far more complete than what you might have
written down on paper.
technology including electronic medical records and
charting, online appointments, and e-prescriptions.
With electronic prescriptions, patients have the
convenience of having their prescriptions sent to
the pharmacy of their choice and being available
when the arrive.
Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
For individual patients, access to good care
becomes easier and safer when records can easily
be shared. Important information -- such as blood
type, prescribed drugs, medical conditions and
other aspects of our medical history -- can be
accounted for much more quickly. At the very least,
an existing electronic medical record (EMR) can
save time at the doctor's office. At most, quick
access to our records can be lifesaving if an
emergency occurs and answers to those questions
are needed during the emergency decision-making
process.
Even the federal government thinks electronic
record keeping is important, and it has put its
money and efforts where its recommendations are.
Veterans' hospitals across the country share an
electronic system, called VistA, which allows for
sharing of records for veterans in its health system.
Should a patient find himself in a VA hospital, even
while away from home, the hospital will have the
same access to his or her records that the
hometown hospital does.
Another benefit is safety. In the past, the way a
doctor obtained your health history was by asking
you. Each time you visited a new doctor's office,
you filled out forms about your history, including
previous surgeries, or the drugs you take on a
regular basis. If you forgot a piece of information,
or if you didn't write it down because it seemed
unimportant to you, then your doctor didn't have
that piece of your medical puzzle to work with.
However, when doctors share records electronically,
your new doctor only needs to ask your name, birth
date, and possibly another piece of identifying
information. She can then pull up your records from
their electronic storage space. All of the
information he needs to see will be there in full.
When it comes time to diagnose you, it might be
important to him to learn that you are taking a
certain kind of medication, or even an herbal
supplement -- any information shared with a
previous doctor. Diagnosis and treatment decisions
might be altered based on that information, which
is far more complete than what you might have
written down on paper.