Allergy & Immunology EHR Software

IMS for Allergists offers a fully integrated Scheduler, EMR, Billing Tool, Electronic Eligibility Tracker, Skin Testing Module, Immunotherapy Module, Document Manager, Letter Writer, Healthcare Portal, and much more. IMS v14 is 2011 CCHIT Certified for Ambulatory EHR.

"The on-site training that we received was great! The trainers were very patient and helpful.”—Amanda, Asthma & Allergy Sinus Center for Tuscaloosa

"IMS has improved the billing payment turnaround time. The denied claims have been reduced drastically. The implementation process was smooth and the system is very user-friendly.”—Gloria, Dr Daftray’s office

"We chose IMS solution for allergists and only after a few months of using it, we were convinced that it is the best EMR and Immunotherapy solution on the market. It is a true integrated solution for our allergy practice that has allowed us to become more efficient without the headaches of interfaces.”—Jeff McGee, Allergy & Asthma Center of Texas

Allergy EMR and Practice Management Software

Your allergy practice faces unique challenges that need to be solved by a company that focuses on your specialty. IMS for Allergy is a software solution that meets the unique needs of allergy practices should allow you to document environmental and allergy histories quickly, create custom treatment plans for patients with ease, document skin test results instantly, create immunotherapy recipes in a flash, administer immunotherapy shots quickly and safely, track immunotherapy patients who are late for shots, automatically bill shots, bill serum based on insurance protocols, and obtain authorizations and consents prior to patients’ anniversary cycles. IMS for Allergists is the proven solution that meets allergists’ needs and gives you more than just an EMR. Our fully integrated Scheduler, EMR, Billing, Electronic Eligibility Tracking, Skin Testing, Immunotherapy Module, Document Management, Letter Writer, Healthcare Portal and much more will turn your whole practice into an electronic medical office. IMS is CCHIT 2008 Certified to ensure that the EMR meets the latest industry standards. Purchase IMS as a complete solution to optimize your practice’s efficiency or as a stand-alone Practice Management, EMR, or Immunotherapy solution that can interface with your existing software.

We think you’ll agree that our solution was created specifically with your allergy or immunology needs in mind. With over 200 employees and over ten years of experience making software solutions, allergist have come to trust IMS because of our amazing feature set and support.

Full integration with other IMS modules supports efficient data sharing and avoids redundant data entry. Paper charts may not be available due to misfiling or use by other users, electronic medical records are always available and are accessible to multiple staff at one time. Physicians can save their normal tendencies to allow for rapid entry of thorough patient encounters. Patients can electronically enter complaints and history via Auto-Check-In.

Enter test and lab results quickly, easily, and accurately to dramatically reduce the probability of error. Eliminate issues with illegible or unreadable text.

EMR linked with Auto-Reminder informs physicians of pending preventive care for patients. Physicians effectively review Patient´s previous visits with the Comparison feature. Overall, the IMS EMR can be used to track patient follow-up activity, patient compliance, and patient progress.

IMS EMR can only be accessed by authorized users. Unlike paper records, audit trails track access and usage of an electronic medical record. Auto-log-off prevents unauthorized access due to lengthy inactive sessions.

IMS EMR accurately assists evaluation and management (E/M) for the highest charge code allowed by proper documentation. Physicians can easily document their encounters in detail using features such as pre-populated global templates, pre-populated normal values. Proper documentation leads to the generation of accurate and highest charge code. Thus, IMS EMR, with its well-designed E&M Coder leads to the increased Reimbursements!

Reallocate valuable space used to manage and store paper records for exam rooms or offices. Reduce time lost on chart pulls and spend it on patient care. And transcription can be reduced or even eliminated. Using an EMR may reduce malpractice insurance because of the improved documentation, audit trails, and accuracy.

Allergy Feature-enriched EMR

• Simplified workflow for increased productivity
• Fully integrated EMR to enhance and improve patient care
• Templates specific to allergists
• Multiple methods of EMR documentation
• Templates
• Speech Recognition
• Hand-Writing Recognition
• Free Text
• Transcription
• Order lab tests and receive lab results electronically
• E&M coding
• Automate billing based on EMR entries
• Report on clinical measures and guidelines
• Identify patients for clinical trials
• Generate referral letters that referring physicians want

Lab Tracking

IMS for Allergists supports HL7 interfaces to transfer diagnostic/lab orders electronically. Customized test templates, pre-printed order forms, and print or fax orders are also handled with ease.

IMS empowers you to:

• Easily track diagnostic/lab orders
• Send or receive diagnostic/lab orders electronically
• Conduct pre-import checks
• View comparative and graphical representation of lab data

IMS for Allergists includes over 400 summarized, detailed, analytical, comparative, and graphical reports. With our reports you can:

• Analyze and compare reports to quickly summarize finance and business at any point in time
• Define frequently used reports and add them to ‘My Favorites’
• Customize reports around any parameters your office requires

Prescriptions/e-Prescribe

Our flexible and comprehensive prescription/e-prescribe module easily tracks medication and refill histories. Complete with drug education integration, dosing, allergy and drug interactions and contraindication checks—1st Providers Choice IMS helps you ensure the safety and well being of each of your patients:

• Maintain history of current/past medications
• Drug education
• Create frequently used individual or group medication templates
• Transmit prescriptions by print, fax or e-prescribe

Allergy Shot Module

A well-defined allergy shot process can ensure patient safety and improve efficiency. The Shot Module offers:

• Quick documentation of pre- and post injection questionnaires
• Enhanced patient safety with bar-coded vials
• Automated Patient Shot Schedules
• Validations and warnings for expired vials and early or late shot administrations
• Useful reminders for future tasks
• Color-coded shot histories

Allergy Late Shots Follow-Up

Most allergy practices cannot determine the patients that are falling off of their Immunotherapy schedule. This can lead to poor patient care and lost revenues. With IMS’s late shot follow up, you can:

• Identify patients missing immunotherapy
• Document Follow-Up notes
• Generate batch e-mail follow-ups
• Generate batch letters
• Generate Reminders

Reaction Checking and Treatment

IMS allows you to quickly document reactions and any associated treatments. Users can:

• Document local and systemic reactions with customizable templates
• Define alerts and reminders for critical reactions
• Link care plans with treatments
• Quickly document no-reactions or unchecked reactions

Template-Based Skin Test

The Skin Test module allows you to quickly document skin test results. You can define antigens, allergens and diluents for therapy from a single screen. Users can:

• Define custom panels
• Define allergens, diluents, histamines and antigens
• Document skin tests using wheal and flare or scores
• Quickly access previous skin tests

Allergy Shot Schedule Templates

IMS provides you with standard shot schedule templates to manage your patients’ shots more effectively. With schedule templates you can:

• Define individualized or templated shot schedules
• Track build-up and maintenance shots
• Modify patient shot schedules as needed
• Follow up with patients who have late or missed shots via email and letter templates

Generate Recipes from Skin Test Results

This helpful feature allows allergists to populate recipes based on skin test results.

• Link antigens with skin test allergens
• Create multiple recipes from 1 skin test
• Minimize recipe errors

Authorization/Referral Tracking

Authorization verification is provided for check-in and charge posting to ensure insurance reimbursements. With IMS you can:

• Set authorization requirements by procedure and insurance
• Use insurance-approved, pre-printed authorization forms
• Reduce claim rejections due to missing authorizations

Patient Auto Check-In Kiosk

The Patient Auto Check-In Kiosk saves time by empowering patients to check-in on their own. This feature reduces workload on your staff so they can be assigned to more important tasks and helps in managing a high patient flow. Patients are enabled to:

• Verify and update demographic data
• Complete office forms electronically
• Indicate their health complaints and medical histories

Bar-Coded Patient ID Cards

Register patients with accuracy and speed using fully automated Bar-Coded ID Cards.

• Reduce data entry and improve reliability
• Save time and manage high patient flow by making the check-in process faster
• Free up staff to complete more important tasks

Allergy EMR & Practice Management Reports

IMS for Allergists includes over 400 summarized, detailed, analytical, comparative, and graphical reports. With our reports you can:

• Analyze and compare reports to quickly summarize finance and business at any point in time
• Define frequently used reports and add them to ‘My Favorites’
• Customize reports around any parameters your office requires

Communication with ‘My Tasks’ and ‘Reminders’

A key benefit of IMS is better intra-office communication among your staff. Tasks and reminders significantly improve staff workflow and maximize your resource allocations. Robust features include:

• Well-defined inter-office communication through ‘My Tasks’
• Extensive ‘Reminder’ set up to assign future tasks to designated staff
• Full integration with all other modules
• Improved work productivity, speed and accuracy

Allergy Document & Image Management

Easily condense and organize paper flow into a user-friendly digital document filing cabinet that’s both easy to access and secure.

• Customize file folders to organize documents
• Batch-scan documents to save time
• Work seamlessly with the Fax Management module
• Easily compile and retrieve patient documents/images

Allergy Practice Direct Fax Management within EMR

IMS’s integrated fax server can make sending and receiving faxes far more efficient, easy to use and less expensive. Use this tool to:

• Send/receive electronic faxes
• Fax EMR, Rx, lab orders, documents or letters in seconds
• Save money on stationery and toner cartridges

Allergy Letter Writing & Form Filling

Quickly and easily generate letters and forms with customizable input fields that auto-populate with information. With this module you get:

• Extensive mail-merge capabilities
• Pre-defined letter templates
• Procedure and insurance specific, image-based forms
• Easy to use form filling tools
• Mapping of data fields within letters and forms
• Password protected signature security

Allergy Patient Appointment Scheduling Software

One of the most versatile, full-featured, and customizable appointment schedulers on the market. Staff can manage workflow with great efficiency and effectively orchestrate the resources of multiple offices - or just one. Integrates with the array of IMS modules, allowing all users instant access to account balances, co-payments, patient demographics, face sheets, visit notes, prescriptions, alerts, reminders, notes, and more.

Adapts to procedures and workflow you're already used to...

You're busy. We adapt to you. The IMS Scheduler allows easy configuration of settings to mimic and enhance existing workflow. Avoid the need to re-design your existing office operations.

Prevent un-billable encounters before they take place...

View Authorization and Referral Status at any time - when the patient first schedules their appointment or when they arrive. You can also view Authorization & Referral status for all scheduled patients with a single mouse click.

Improve patient care and minimize end-user errors...

Easily develop procedure-specific data entry prompts, alerts and patient-specific instructions.

Increase Office Staff efficiency and satisfaction...

Access all patient-related data, with a single click from the IMS Scheduler screen. Re-schedule patient appointments by drag-and-drop or cut-and-paste. Future patient appointments can also be seen with a single click.

Effectively manage multi-office resources...

View schedules for all offices on a single screen. Increases work-flow functionality and gives "single glance" knowledge of the availability of all resources.

Reserve time slots for specific procedures...

Optimize complex procedures with great efficiency and consideration for individual provider procedural preferences.

Portable - for physicians on the move...

Export schedules to Windows-CE-based handhelds.

Decrease no-shows and no-show liabilities...

Built-in Interactive Voice Response (automated Patient Appointment reminders) improves patient care and responsiveness.

Secure, web-enabled "Healthcare Portal"...

Direct connection by patient to their appointment and patient information motivates customer participation in their own appointment schedule. Helps keep patient information up-to-date. Reduces scheduling workload, patient responsiveness times and, seemingly, ever-increasing staff costs.

IVR "Interactive Voice Response" Services(Automatic Patient Reminders)

Decrease the burden on your staff and increase your revenues by reducing missed appointments! Have the automated reminder system - or a live receptionist - call your patients to confirm appointments.

In today's busy practice, your staff does not always have time to remind patients of their appointments. Reduce liability by ensuring that all patients receive the regulation-required reminders. Our IVR service will call the patient to confirm appointments.

The Service is available in two methods:

1. Automated, computer generated calls...

Office schedules are automatically transferred to a server which makes the calls.

• Patients press "1" to confirm the appointment or "2" to cancel appointment.
• Response automatically visible on IMS's Scheduler - or on IVR reports in your office - to notify front office staff of confirmations or cancellations.
• Office chooses when and how often calls should take place. Option to record a personal message.
2. IMS receptionist reminder...

Offices schedules are automatically transferred to a server for a receptionist to make a personalized call.

• Patients press "1" to confirm the appointment or "2" to cancel appointment.
• Response automatically visible on IMS’s Scheduler - or on IVR reports in your office - to notify front office staff of confirmations or cancellations.
• Office chooses when and how often calls should take place. Option to record a personal message.

Healthcare Portal / Auto Registration
IMS (Intelligent Medical Software) Healthcare Portal

Built by physicians and pharmacists, the Healthcare Portal allows patients access to a personal healthcare homepage to view and update most information related to their current health record. It also allows patients to pre-register for doctor visits via a secure Internet interface.

Patients can access a secure, personalized healthcare homepage from anywhere in the world...

Patients view lab results, access current health records, view/update appointments and schedules, refill prescriptions, and receive and reply to notes from their doctors - from their own personal computer.

Advanced healthcare at home through patient self-education...

Patients get immediate assistance with health complaints by completing condition-specific questionnaires that suggest possible diagnoses and lead patients to links for case-specific self-education.

Automatically deliver patient outcomes and disease management tools to the patient's home...

With automated structured communications, physicians can deliver patient information electronically.

Designed for the health care industry by health care professionals...

Our Healthcare Portal is a completely original product designed specifically to enhance the healthcare experience for both patient and doctor.

Secure Internet interface...

Sensitive data is only viewable by patients and their physician.

Emergency healthcare protection...

In an emergency, ER doctors can obtain important information (such as drug allergies, or diabetic history) so proper treatments can be administered when time is critical.