Addressing OB-GYN Challenges Head-On

digiChart has empowered Dr. Kelly Shanahan to balance life as a solo physician. Before implementing the EHR, it was very difficult to manage patients when traveling away from the office. Because digiChart is an Internet-based application, Dr. Shanahan can access records from anywhere and handle any issues. Since implementing digiChart, Dr.Shnahan has traveled to China, Africa, Chile and Malaysia, keeping up and communicating with her patients and staff when necessary.

It is not just about 24x7 access for the physicians at Women Physicians Associates OB/GYN. It is much more than that. Before implementing digiChart, clinicians had to stay late to dictate at the end of the day, they often could not find charts and tasking others was completely a paper-driven process. Now, every chart is created, changed and housed in digiChart’s system. Patient information moves to the right person for action.

Forest Women’s Center used another company’s EHR for 5 years, but the software did not meet the clinicians’ needs as specialists. digiChart’s complete focus on OB-GYN helps the practice enjoy an ROI unattainable from their first EHR. digiChart’s “Software as a Service” technology architecture means the practice no longer invests in expensive servers, data backup solutions or additional IT staff.

Before digiChart was implemented, the practice tried to have weekly reviews of high risk pregnancies. If charts could be located, the clinicians could talk through the issues and share the paper chart. Since digiChart was implemented, this meeting has changed considerably, because physicians simply bring up each woman’s chart on their tablet PCs as each case is discussed.