What Are the Benefits of an EMR/EHR for Functional Medicine?

Posted by Cerbo
August 12, 2024

Functional Medicine Software: The Benefits of an EMR/EHR

Functional medicine software can help to organize patient demographics, conditions, medications, and lab results. Learn more about these benefits right here.

Nearly 4 in 5 U.S. office-based physicians have adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system. EMRs/EHRs help them organize and manage patient information efficiently. An EHR is a more comprehensive record of a patient's overall health, while an EMR is a narrower view of the medical history.

Functional medicine is a systems-based approach that helps identify and address disease causes. A functional medicine EHR is a digital system used to store and manage patient data. The data includes demographics, medical conditions, medications, lab results, and treatment plans.

Cerbo is a functional medicine software that streamlines healthcare workflows. As such, the functional medicine EMR allows providers to focus more on patients and less on paperwork. Below, we discuss its benefits for functional medicine:

Elevate Your Practice With Cerbo’s Direct Primary Care Software

Direct primary care EHR software is a specialized type of EHR software. It helps meet the unique needs of DPC practices. DPC practices are smaller than traditional medical practices but offer more personalized care.

Many patients are looking for a more personalized and affordable approach to care. And DPC is a growing trend in healthcare. When you elevate your DPC practice, you can attract new patients and retain existing ones.

As a DPC software platform, Cerbo optimizes your workflow and practice management. It allows you to deliver high-quality care to your patients. Cerbo offers the tools and support you need to thrive in direct primary care.

Its intuitive and user-friendly interface helps you streamline your workflow and save time. Cerbo automates billing and scheduling appointments, which can bog down your practice. It does this to give you more time with your patients.

With Cerbo's practice management tools, you can run your DPC practice efficiently. These tools help you track patient payments, manage inventory, and generate reports. As such, Cerbo also gives you the insights and control you need to succeed.

Revolutionize Charting

Charting allows you to document your patient's comprehensive medical history. The medical history includes lifestyle factors, lab results, and treatment plans. With this information, you can offer effective functional medicine care.

Cerbo's EHR software features customizable "Chart Parts." You can use it to add text and actions to notes. It makes it easy to order lab panels, document visits, and offer recommendations.

Chart Parts streamlines your charting process and saves you time. It lets you include healthcare recommendations and lifestyle prescriptions in your charts. The same applies to custom plan items.

You can also generate shareable encounter summaries with customizable content. The content includes the plan, diagnoses, and desired portions of the note's text. As such, it's easy to create personalized and informative charts for each patient.

Cerbo's charting capabilities can improve decision-making and patient outcomes. The shareable encounter summaries help share information about the patient's care plan. As a result, it ensures that everyone involved is on the same page.

Elevate Patient Engagement

Many patients don't understand their medical conditions or their treatment plans. So, it's difficult for them to make informed decisions about their care. Some patients avoid care or don't follow their providers' recommendations.

Low patient engagement can have several negative consequences. These consequences include poor health outcomes and high healthcare costs. Luckily, technology can help patients to manage their health.

Cerbo's direct primary care software includes a personalized patient portal. The portal makes it easier to communicate with patients. As such, it keeps patients engaged in their care and lets them manage their health.

Patients can access custom fillable consent forms in the direct primary care EMR. The portal eliminates the need for paper forms. It makes it easier for your patients to give you the information you need.

Patients can view and add at-home readings to their vitals history. This way, you can track your patient's progress over time. You can also identify any potential changes in their health.

The patient portal can streamline appointment requests online. Your patients can schedule appointments online at their convenience. They can also share lab results, handouts, encounter summaries, and patient-uploaded documents.

Your patients can request refills for their supplements online. And you can approve their requests. Patients can also access their portal account from anywhere.

Efficiently Manage Inventory and Dispensing

Functional medicine practitioners use various products in treatments. So, they should have a system to track inventory levels and ensure patients access the products they need. These practitioners also need to track and dispense medications to ensure patients take the correct dosage.

As one of the best medspa software, Cerbo features a comprehensive inventory management system. You can use it for in-house prescriptions, supplements, and supplies. The system helps you track your inventory levels and reorder items when needed.

You can also use it to dispense items to patients faster. Its notable features include seamless EMR integration and automatic dispensing. Other features include Shopify syncing and wholesale cost tracking.

Cerbo's inventory management system can seamlessly integrate with your EHR for direct primary care. This way, you won't have to switch between different systems. It can save you time and help to improve the efficiency of your practice.

When you prescribe an item from your inventory, Cerbo will automatically decrease the inventory level. It will also prepare the item for dispensing. With this feature, you can ensure that your inventory is always accurate.

You can even sync Cerbo's inventory management system with your Shopify online store. Syncing helps you track your inventory levels and orders across both platforms. It's a huge time-saver, especially if you have a large inventory or a high volume of orders.

Cerbo also allows you to track both wholesale costs and prices for inventory items. It helps you manage your inventory costs. You can count on it to ensure you're making a profit on your sales.

Effortlessly Connect With Your Preferred Labs

Functional medicine practitioners use specialized lab tests to assess their patients' health. Connecting with preferred labs can ensure they have access to the full range of tests they need. These tests include both conventional and functional tests.

Cerbo's Medspa management software seamlessly integrates with your preferred labs. These labs include Genova, Doctors' Data, Cleveland HeartLab, Bioreference, Quest, LabCorp, CPL, and Direct Labs. As such, you can use it to order and track lab tests and receive and review lab results electronically.

When you order lab tests directly from your EMR, select the lab tests you want to order. There's a drop-down menu in Cerbo for this task. Cerbo will then automatically send the order to your preferred lab.

It's possible to track lab results in real-time and make decisions on patient care. Cerbo automatically imports lab results into your EMR. That is if they're available from the lab.

Cerbo allows you to display lab results over time graphically. This way, you can identify trends/patterns in your patients' health data. For instance, you can use Cerbo to graph patients' cholesterol levels over time to see if they respond to treatment.

You can seamlessly share lab results and other documents with patients in Cerbo. The patient portal in this medspa software helps improve patient communication and engagement. Patients can log into their patient portal and view their lab results.

Cerbo is always working to establish integrations with new labs. If you have a preferred lab that isn't currently integrated with Cerbo, please let us know. We'll be happy to work with them to establish an integration.

Streamline Your Billing Process With Functional Medicine Software

It can be difficult to track and bill for services when you offer a wider range of services. If you offer specialized tests and supplements, it can be difficult to set billing codes. With a higher percentage of self-pay patients, it may take time to collect payments.

Streamline the billing process to make it more efficient and effective. It lets you automate tasks, reduce errors, and improve communication. Either way, it can lead to improved customer satisfaction.

Cerbo's direct primary care EHR software features a complete cash/membership billing system. The system can seamlessly integrate with merchant services. This way, you can accept payments from patients conveniently.

The software also supports automated subscriptions, recurring payments, and payment plans. ACH (Automated Clearing House) payments are also part of the supported payments. Either way, this allows you to manage your patients' billing regularly.

Cerbo's Patient Portal allows patients to view their invoices. It also allows them to pay their bills online. As such, it's convenient for them to handle their financial obligations.

You can also access comprehensive billing reports from Cerbo. The billing reports help you gain valuable insights into your practice's financial performance. Use them to identify your top-performing services and areas that need improvement.

Ready to Adopt a Functional Medicine EHR?

Cerbo is the perfect functional medicine software system for cash-based medical practices. These practices include Medspas or medical practices offering Medspa services. It's HIPAA-compliant and uniquely usable, making it easy to manage your patient's medical records, billing, and scheduling.

With Cerbo, you can spend more time with your patients and less time on paperwork. You also get a complete view of your patient's medical history to offer better care. If you're looking to learn more about how Cerbo can help you grow and thrive, schedule a demo today.

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