Medical Software
Medical software, also known as health information technology software, is a blanket category that includes several different software types. In general, this software helps healthcare providers manage patients and practices.
Types of multi-tool on-premise or cloud medical software solutions
Larger practices and hospital systems of all sizes use multi-tool medical software solutions that centralize patient and critical information required to keep the organization running. These tools often include medical records, charting, billing, supply management, and resource allocation software. They also might include patient portal and patient engagement software along with marketing and sales tools that help the organization deepen relationships with current patients and grow the business.
Enterprise medical software
Enterprise medical software is software designed to manage the complicated data and service needs of enterprise-level hospitals and practices. These healthcare organizations employ hundreds to thousands of doctors, nurses, technicians, and office workers, and enterprise medical software tools manage employee records and patient information for hundreds of thousands of patients. Enterprise medical software works to organize and analyze data from each of these employees and patients in a manner that improves patient outcomes.
Electronic health record (EHR) software
Electronic health record (EHR) software—and its predecessor electronic medical records software—has become commonplace in practices of all sizes over the past decade. This is largely due to the passage of the HITECH Act and subsidies provided by Meaningful Use legislation.