Epic is a leading provider of unified integrated information technology systems in the healthcare industry and has been for some time. With appointed clinicians experienced in patient care advising them, it is no wonder that the company’s solutions can offer individual healthcare providers or healthcare systems efficient and effective data sharing. It is also no wonder that the company has helped to improve the quality of care around the country. However, in order to make the most of healthcare systems offered by Epic, you have to choose one of the systems they offer to suit your facility, and there are several to choose from. One of the most highly praised has been Lucy.
Lucy is actually a freestanding PHR (public health record) solution that allows for records access by patients and is very relevant in the world of healthcare today, especially with the aging population of baby boomers that are heading into retirement at the moment. This is evident in the benefits, which we will go into in a moment. First though, what is Lucy? Lucy is actually an electronic medical record system that is not connected to a particular facility. Instead, it is a system that goes wherever the patient goes for care. This ensures that an individual patient can have his or her medical records readily available in one place and can actually enter health data as and when they choose.
Lucy is fully compliant with all set healthcare standards and safeguards patient information (which will not be sold on in any way), but the benefits go above and beyond that. Although it can be useful for everyone, baby boomers should particularly take note because they can take their own information with them wherever they go just in case. With the strain that will be put on services in the future, Lucy PHR will make life a lot easier for everyone concerned with the administration of healthcare and indeed the individual patients. Peace of mind all round!
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