Best Practices

What is Best Practices?

Best Practices refers to the quality of patient care as is enabled by the innovative and practical use of EMR technology. Best Practices = Smarter Technology & Higher Performance.

Best Practices Sample Client List

Canadian Health Systems Inc. supports the pursuit of best practices and wants to recognize the following groups for their dedication to continous improvement and high quality patient care:

Appletree Medical Group	EMR Advantage user Appletree Medical Group is the largest multidisciplinary group of physicians and specialists in Canada. EMR Advantage has enabled Appletree Medical Group to make healthcare more accessible and run its 21 clinics in Ottawa and Toronto more efficiently. Appletree Medical Group directly cares for over 400,000 Ontarians.
The Centre for Dermatology & Costmetic Surgery
The Toronto Dermatology Centre	This beautiful, unique and complete skin care clinic specializes in treating both primary dermatological conditions (skin, hair, nails) as well as specializing in the leading edge of esthetic rejuvenating modalities, the Toronto Dermatology Centre utilizes state-of-the-art technology and the newest effective methods of skin treatment to optimize your skin.
Athlete's Care	Founded in 1997, Athlete's Care is one of the GTA’s largest and most comprehensive group of sports medicine clinics.  The Athlete’s Care team consists of a core group of sport specialists including, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists and other related health care professionals.  Currently with 6 locations in Toronto and another 3 opening in 2011, Athlete’s Care has used EMR Advantage to allow the company to grow in a manner and at a rate which was not previously possible.  By having all locations connected electronically, EMR Advantage has provided Athlete’s Care a superior practice environment for its practitioners, and the highest level of quality care for its patients.
Family Physiotherapy	Having had the opportunity to work with, review and consider a variety of alternative programs, Family Physio settled on CHS’s EMR as it truly delivers on our needs to analyse each of our locations independently of one another or on a consolidation basis.  The tracking mechanisms built into this application are second to none and can easily be modified to suit our needs.  The application is user friendly and more importantly cost effective and it can generate management reports that are relevant and accurate which affords us the ability to pro-actively remedy any issue that could otherwise fall between the cracks.
The Sound Room	The Sound Room enhances the practice of audiologists, speech language pathologist and ENTs by providing all three services in one multi-disciplinary establishment. Our use of the EMR Advantage platform facilitates the communication between all of these different professionals and greatly improves the delivery of care to our patients, young and old. EMR advantage is also an ideal means for storing clinical data necessary for our internal research program in collaboration with academic institutions, public institutions and industry.
Vital Steps	Vital Steps is a Fitness Studio that is 100% committed to helping clients succeed in realizing their health goals. When Vital Steps looked for a system to help clients achieve better health outcomes, the EMR Advantage platform was the obvious choice. EMR Advantage allows us to keep track of our clients past and current health progress while incorporating future health goals into each session all with the touch of a pen. Click here to view a live client testimonial and select CHS Testimonial from the list of videos.

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What Our Clients Say About Us:

"Ophthalmologists work quickly and need to see several past visits at a glance. My partner and I love the mobility. Also, the scroll feature where you can just “speed scroll” down the past visits from the SOAP page that you’re writing on is really innovative and saves me a lot of time."

Dr. S. M., Ophthalmologist

 
"I left my previous practice because of their EMR! It required me to type and didn’t let me walk around while jotting notes and dictating. My new group uses EMR Advantage and I was up and running in an hour. I’ve tried different EMR’s, but this one is the best by far!"

Dr. R. E., Internal Medicine

"EMR Advantage solved problems I wasn’t even thinking of until I became pregnant and our group needed to get a locum in. Our vendor, Canadian Health Systems was a big help, they already knew of locum doctors that wanted to work in offices that used the EMR Advantage system, having used it themselves elsewhere. It’s so intuitive and easy to use that when colleagues came to see the practice, they were able to use it right away and liked it immediately and joined."

Dr. L. S. Family Practice

“…This system is the reason I decided to join this practice over the others that were wooing me, I love this system…”

Dr. A. F. Dermatologist

"The EMR Advantage system is designed around how you really practice.
I never believed that anyone would be able to create an actual system that works the way I work, and that really does save me time. I work in a large group and each of us practices differently. The EMR Advantage system allows us each to do our own style of practice, but with a common administrative platform that has pretty much automated out all of the routine tasks that run our office. We’ve reduced staffing by 30% and yet the office is running far more effectively than it ever did before. We’re very happy with the system and the support from Canadian Health Systems has been excellent."

Dr. D. B. Obstetrics & Gynecology

 
"Our group has reduced our operating expenses by 30-40 % in the first full year of being on EMR Advantage. We were hoping for a good R.O.I. but what it has delivered has been way beyond our expectations. I think part of the reason it is making such a huge difference is the embedded practice management logic, which automates everything we count on, like calling patients back, confirming appointments and sending letters automatically. Our doctors and staff are really glad we moved forward with it and it continues to improve with each new update."

Dr. T. B. Family Practice

 
"We have 5 sports medicine centers across the GTA with over 50 professionals, including Orthopedic Surgeons, Sports Medicine Specialists , Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and RMT’s. This system is streamlining and standardizing our entire operations. The system connects the whole group and allows us to centralize key jobs like telephone management and accounting functions. Because it runs locally, we don’t have to worry about the internet ever being down and the system is very fast. We have had 100% acceptance from our doctors and staff, which was initially a concern. The support from CHS has been fast and professional. They also provided training updates as needed and we feel well taken care of. We had specialized reporting needs and they developed exactly what we needed in real time. We want to continue growing and being able to attract and retain the best doctors is the key to that. This system is an important part of our growth planning. We are very glad we chose EMR Advantage."

Mr. S. B. Physiotherapist/Clinic Owner

"EMR Advantage enables you to add services and increase income.
In my allergy practice, my staff does the testing so I use EMR Advantage to ensure they follow the testing protocols and document the cases properly to save me time. The embedded protocols and templates for allergy practice are a great feature. It cut down my training costs to almost nil and saves me about 2 hours a day now."

Dr. P. K. Clinical Allergy/Immunology


"After turning on the EMR Advantage system, our staff had a lot more time available. We asked CHS to send in a trainer to train our staff so we could add a foot care program and hearing testing with our physicals. If we had to generate the training materials ourselves it would have taken us a lot of time and taken longer. Three weeks later, our staff were fully trained on their new skills. The templates they use are in the EMR Advantage system which allows us to delegate safely and supervise even while in the other exam room."

Dr. P. H. Family Practitioner

"My hand writing is illegible so I like to use templates and dictate my charts straight into the EMR Advantage system. My colleagues write their notes or use templates. It doesn’t really matter how you want to do your notes since it allows you to do it any way you want. We really liked that flexibility built into the system. Dr. _______ even stayed on paper for the first 6 months and it let him do that while we went paperless, so it was an easy integration into our clinic. After seeing us using it and seeing how much easier our lives were he came around, now even he uses it, dictating his letters and writing his notes on the system, but without the paper. We’re very happy with how it works for us."

Dr. M. M. Family Practitioner

"I like the ability to take pictures alongside the note. That’s my favorite feature of our EMR Advantage system. It saves me more than a thousand words!"

Dr. R. B Family Practitioner

"I enjoy practicing in solo practice. EMR Advantage has automated all the work flow to the point that I feel I have all the resources of a larger group without having to leave my office. It has reduced my secretary’s workload enormously."

Dr. S. W. Family Practitioner (solo practice)