With a traditional EHR, your patients’ data is stored on physical servers in your practice. A cloud-based EHR stores encrypted data on remote servers instead, while providing access to real-time patient information and eliminating administrative time and costs.
Remote servers cost less and provide enhanced security. Pair that with how cloud-based EHRs encrypt data, and your patients’ information has never been safer. At the same time, cloud-based EHRs are easier for the right people – such as your team and patients – to access.
Nextech’s cloud-based EHR, however, has additional benefits that go beyond the obvious.
With a traditional EHR, your practice experiences:
By contrast, a cloud-based EHR:
A 2021 study found practices with a cloud-based EHR had better access to patient data and lower practice management costs.
Individual practices have found other benefits too. Since switching from a paper-based EHR, Vance Thompson Vision improved its administrative process and the patient experience.
With a traditional server, data is stored in a single location, making it inaccessible for multi-location practices or if a team member attempts to access data remotely. However, with cloud-based EHRs, all information is stored on a cloud and remotely accessible from a computer, tablet, or phone.
At any time and from any place you can access accurate, real-time information about your practice’s growth and patients.
Plus, since a cloud-based EHR only needs to be updated once, the system’s data is more likely to be accurate. An EHR with a user-friendly interface such as Nextech’s intuitive solution puts access to that data right at your fingertips without any rigorous technical training required.
Traditional servers store data, but it must be updated regularly by your team and isn’t attainable at other practice locations or remotely.
Cloud-based servers, on the other hand, hold accurate, updated information that enables better clinical decision making. If you’re working with a primary care doctor or a healthcare provider in a different specialty, data stored on a cloud can be transferred with one click, leading to better collaborations.
Easy transfers and accurate data free up more time. Since switching to a cloud-based EHR, Salvay Vision got its charting process down to 2 minutes per patient.
Practices with a cloud-based EHR are more efficient than those with a traditional EHR.
With a more productive workflow, your practice can better serve current patients and grow your patient base with ease.
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A traditional EHR is often more expensive because practices have to buy and store servers in their practice. A cloud-based one lowers data storage and administrative expenses.
But a cloud-based EHR doesn’t just cut costs. It creates revenue-generating opportunities.
Thanks to enhanced productivity, practices with a cloud-based EHR have more time to grow their patient base. Accurate data also helps them boost their MIPs score, which could lead to greater Medicare reimbursements. On the other hand, submitting inaccurate or incomplete data can contribute to reduced MIPS scoring, which, if low enough, can lead to reimbursement penalties.
After switching systems, Dermatology Associates of West Texas was able to avoid MIPs penalties and received a MIPS bonus for the first time.
Cloud-based EHRs have enhanced security measures when compared to traditional EHRs.
With a traditional EHR, your practice must manually ensure compliance with health privacy laws like HIPAA. A cloud-based EHR is automatically compliant with federal and international privacy standards, thanks to data encryption and secure servers.
With Nextech’s HIPAA-certified cloud data center, your data is stored with:
Traditional EHRs revolutionized practices and were easy to implement… when comparing them to other options back in the 20th century.
If you’re running a 21st-century practice and want to ensure your tech stack reflects that, a cloud-based EHR is the way to go.
Nextech’s cloud-based EHR offers an effortless implementation process and more ease when integrating with other practice software. Since EHR functionality is uniform across practices, Nextech can provide comprehensive support and training as part of the onboarding process.
Traditional EHRs are clunky. Because data is stored on a physical server, it can be hard to transfer it to other practice software or to store patient health and payment data in the same place.
A cloud-based system would earn “plays well with others” on a kindergarten report card. Through secure, seamless, remote exchange of data, multiple healthcare providers can quickly and easily collaborate to ensure continuity of care, minimize redundancies, and make better decisions about treatment — resulting in an overall better patient experience.
They also make partnerships between different parts of your tech stack easier. Nextech’s cloud-based EHR includes smooth integrations with payment processing and marketing tools. For Southwest Eye Consultants, that led to faster, more efficient payment processing. Now, they're saving 3 minutes and 47 seconds per patient when processing payments.
For patients, this smooth integration is also a win. Thanks to how easily a cloud-based EHR integrates into existing systems – with customized implementation tuned for a practice's specific tech stack and no on-site hardware to configure – common actions such as scheduling and paying for appointments is familiar and easy to navigate, allowing patients more time to focus on their health.
You started your practice to serve patients. While you do an amazing job providing care, it’s time to have an administrative process and practice technology to match. A cloud-based EHR provides that enhanced experience.
Patients can rest easy, knowing their data is protected, yet accessible when they need it through the patient interface. They enjoy smoother, more productive appointments and intentional time with their doctor and practice staff.
Ready to provide an amazing administrative experience? Then it’s time to switch to a cloud-based EHR.
