Designed by ophthalmologists, the new system will be available on the iPad, know the field-specific subspecialties and will include the ability for physicians to opt-out of plans that do not pertain to their specialty.
The new EMA Ophthalmology will be automated and advanced with ICD-10 coding as well as Meaningful Use and PQRS reporting capabilities.
“The attention to detail as far as coding is beyond anything I have ever seen. EMA Ophthalmology really tracks what you are doing and it is basically auditing you every second that you’re on it,” said Don Abrams, MD, chairman of ophthalmology at the LifeBridge Health Krieger Eye Institute at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Md. “I had been under coding for years on paper for fear of not having documentation to justify higher coding. With EMA Ophthalmology, it’s amazing how it codes automatically and all of the data points are positioned with the appropriate number of diagnoses…”
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