Medtuity EMR

I just received information about Medtuity EMR. They seem to have good support for recording and recommending vaccinations for patients.

Introduction

Medtuity EMR operates on a subscription basis; providers pay per encounter. There are no fees for other services such as suport and training. Providers can have multiple users which can edit patient records concurrently. Meduity appears to have an orientation towards ease of entry and supports multiple ways to enter data including voice-recognition. Vaccinations are supported in various locations in their software.

Vaccination Process Support
Here is a walk through of the vaccination process in Medtuity EMR:

1. The physician can review recommendations for which vaccinations are next, based on age range, gender, and which doses have already been given, and order the appropriate vaccinations.
   
2. The nurse can immediately see the vaccination order and draw the vaccination even before a physican is finished seeing a patient.
   
3. The nurse can then document that it was given and this information is pulled directly into the patient's health maintenance information and their vaccination sheet.

A screenshot of the vaccine screen is shown on the right. The lot number and other common information is saved so that when the same vaccine is picked again the nurse does not have to reenter them, they are automatically populated.

Another unique feature is that the vaccination record can be faxed with a click of a button to a school that is requesting it.

Immunization Registry Support

Medtuity supports HL7 for several different interfaces for labs and practice management systems but Medtuity reports that demand for immunizations registry connections is surprisingly light. Interestingly Medtuity EMR can export and import data using a Continuity of Care Record (CCR) which can include vaccination information. Medtiuty appears to have the expertise and willingness to interface with registries if this were asked for.

Vaccination Codes

One of the continual maitenance issues is keeping the vaccine codes (CPT or CVX) up-to-date. Out-of-date codes lead to errors in recording vaccinations. Medtuity solves this process by providing a centralized table of manufacturers and vaccines that the local EMR applications can download updates from.

Summary

Overall it appears that they have a good system for supporting vaccination practice. The data entry screens are optomized for easy data entry and for capturing the most important information.