Free EMR Software Adds Drug Interaction Checking



VersaForm announced today that drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checking can now be added to the free Basic Edition EMR software. Information about the service is available at www.versaform.com. It's8217;s a subscription-based service; individuals can subscribe for $29 per month. When a prescription is entered, it is checked automatically against all the patient's8217;s recorded medications and allergies (by whomever prescribed); warnings are visible and monographs are available by clicking the warning. In partnership with NewCrop LLC, VersaForm provides drug interaction information under license from First Data bank. The process obtains data via an Internet connection, ensuring that the data will always be current.

VersaForm's8217;s EMR Basic Edition is free to all healthcare providers. With EMR Basic Edition, clinicians can quickly create patient and visit records, prescribe, track problems, medications, and labs, and create progress notes. All aspects of a patient'ss visit can be recorded electronically. EMR Basic Edition can significantly reduce potential medical errors due to incomplete, illegible or lost handwritten records and charts. The program can be downloaded over the Internet from www.versaform.com.

In January 2005, President Bush called on doctors and hospitals to move their medical records from paper to electronic files. Dr. David Brailer, then Bush's8217;s national coordinator for health information technology, said that adoption has been slow because the technology is in a phase where 's8220;the costs are quite high and the risks are great's8221;. With this announcement VersaForm has significantly reduced those costs and made it possible for physicians to implement this technology today.

VersaForm EMR includes a set of pre-defined templates that address frequently seen conditions. Templates can be customized or created by any user to suit the practice, and can record all aspects of an encounter, including the billing. When integrated with VersaForm Practice Management, electronic claims and billing can automatically flow from treatment room to insurance claims without separately entering charges.

VersaForm EMR also allows for existing paper records to be scanned into the system virtually eliminating the need for paper charts. VersaForm EMR runs on computers using Windows 2000 or XP and can be networked for multi-user environments.

Founded in 1981, VersaForm Systems Corp. specializes in the development of medical practice management software and has installed thousands of systems in offices, clinics and hospitals nationwide. Visit www.versaform.com for more information about the company'ss software and demonstrations.





Free EMR Software Adds Drug Interaction Checking