SINGAPORE; June, 21 2011 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and MOH Holdings Singapore have
launched one of the world’s first national electronic health record (NEHR) systems. Aligned
to Singapore’s “one patient, one record” vision, the NEHR enables a single patient health
record for clinicians to access across the healthcare continuum.
As patients visit providers – including primary care clinics, acute and community hospitals – healthcare professionals will be able to access a single patient record for medical information. The NEHR captures medical data, including patient demographics, diagnosis, medications, tests, procedures and discharge summaries, for exchange among clinicians.
As patients visit providers – including primary care clinics, acute and community hospitals – healthcare professionals will be able to access a single patient record for medical information. The NEHR captures medical data, including patient demographics, diagnosis, medications, tests, procedures and discharge summaries, for exchange among clinicians.
- • Older people are sick more often
- • Disease patterns will change
- • Demand for healthcare and care of chronic diseases will rise
- • Healthcare costs will be bigger burden on families supporting the elderly
Why is EMR & EHR an important implementation for Singapore Optometry?
Vision Impairment
Blindness and vision impairment have a major impact on peoples’ daily lives. They cause both personal hardship and have significant economic implications for society.
The six main ocular conditions resulting in significant vision impairment identified in the referenced population based surveys are:
- Optical/Refractive Errors
- Cataracts
- Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Eye Disease
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)
Based on IDA's 2010 official survey on individual usage of computers in the workplace and home (not forgetting in MRT trains), the timing is more crucial for our primary eye care providers to respond. This by redefining the clinical procedures for primary eye care conducted on every patient seen in the practice, particularly young children, students especially, or those presenting with suspicious symptoms indicative of active pathology.
- Primary Care
- Spectacle Dispensing
- Contact Lenses
- Binocular Vision
- Paediatric Vision
- Low Vision
- Visual Stress
- Advanced Clinical Assessment
- Visual Electro Diagnostic Testing
This means a Different Pattern of Optometry Practice
We are pleased to introduce the relevance of Opto-EMR into the optometry practice. It is an integrated electronic Health Information Technology (HIT) that facilitates the comprehensive management of clinical optometry procedures in primary eye care to produce EMR and EHR. With these information, health care consumers (patients with eye or vision problem) and providers (optometrist, ophthalmologist and hospitals) can share a unified platform for secured collaborative exchanges.
An Integrated Primary Eye Care Delivery System
Opto-EMR is built on a common enterprise architecture, data standards and privacy and security guidelines. It enables the facilitation of seamless integration of services across the whole healthcare spectrum. It is design to integrate with Singapore Ministry of Health's National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) to realize the national vision of “One Patient, One Medical Record”.
Opto-EMR's e-process outcome addresses the followings:
- Cost
- Quality of care
- Consistency of care
- Continuity of care
- Disaster/Emergency response
- Isolated, piecemeal, inaccessible records
- Eye and vision care separated from health, life & prevention
Opto-EMR's implementation outcome realizes the followings:
- Improve oculovisual health care quality
- Prevent clinical diagnosis errors
- Increase the efficiency of care provision
- Reduce unnecessary eye and vision care costs
- Increase administrative efficiencies
- Decrease paperwork
- Expand access to affordable ophthalmology care and
- Improve population eye and vision health
