Solo practitioners can sometimes face the challenges of balancing the role as a clinician and business operators. Tasks like patient communication, payment collection, and appointment scheduling are an important role to any business but can use up a lot of precious time that can be spent on patient care.

Implementing technology into your business can enhance efficiency in your daily routines. Research has shown that digital tools can help make operations more manageable, saving time, staying organized, and optimizing cash flow that comes into the business. One way to achieve this is by implementing an Electronical Medical Record (EMR) System.

This technology is particularly valuable for those who find themselves overwhelmed by the dual responsibilities of patient care and business management. By automating routine tasks such as patient communication, payment collection, and appointment scheduling, EMRs allow healthcare providers to devote more of their valuable time to what truly matters: treating patients and enhancing the quality of care delivered.

At Eight Branches, we teach our students to practice using these EMR systems. This has helped our students tremendously in managing patient files and overseeing practice operations. EMR’s have helped automate repetitive tasks and have taught students how to alleviate administrative burdens that can eventually help them to be more empowered in giving focus to the patients.

How are Eight Branches students using EMR systems?

Students have learned how to use the software for booking patients for future treatments. The app enables a month-by-month view of the students schedules and allows them to see their daily patient treatments for the day. The app has also taught the students how to process payments, adding all patient transactions under one roof. This is a great learning lesson for Eight Branches students as it has taught them how to manage payments easily for when they want to start their own practice!

Integrating an EMR system at Eight Branches has been a great learning curve and we’ve seen how valuable it has been in teaching our students the importance of modernizing your practice. Preparing them towards not only their clinical skills but also their knowledge in business operations is a step forward in evolving our students as future business owners! That’s why at Eight Branches, we place such a strong focus on business development and preparing our students with real world skills. If you’d like to know more about how Eight Branches is adapting to technology in our teachings or you’re interested in one of our programs, be sure to click here to book a meeting with one of our representatives.