Connect with your patients online through a secure, EMR-integrated sleep medicine patient portal.
A focus on patient-centered care and the EHR Incentive Program encouraging patient engagement has led to an increased need for online sleep medicine patient portal software within the healthcare industry. Patients are turning to Internet resources to research medical information, therefore the case for implementing a specialty specific online portal is compelling.
The IMS’ online healthcare sleep medicine patient portal is a completely integrated software solution that brings together healthcare professionals and patients. Our online portal gives access to patients in order to edit their personal health records from anywhere, through an Internet-connected device. Through the sleep medicine portal, patients are able to update their personal information and complete health forms before visiting their doctor. This helps to reduce patient wait times, and allows staff and doctors to make better use of their time.
Online Healthcare Sleep Medicine Patient Portal Features:
- Secure, password-protected access
- Online patient registration
- Ability to view and request appointments
- Prescription refill request
- Visit summaries & medication history
- Online bill pay
- Sleep Medicine patient education resources
- Secure patient messaging system
Healthcare Sleep Medicine Patient Portal Benefits:
- Full integration with EMR/PM systems
- Reduces clerical and administrative work
- Increases sleep medicine patient engagement and satisfaction
- Eliminates data entry errors
- Improves productivity and office management
- Increases collections
- Streamlines patient-physician communication
- Improves safety and compliance
Patient Intake Forms: Through allowing patients access to forms prior to their appointments, you can avoid long waiting times at check-in while patients fill out intake and registration forms, followed by front desk staff entering the data into the EMR. With our online healthcare sleep medicine portal, patients fill out paperwork before coming to your office. This not only lessens staff workload, but it helps to reduce manual data entry errors.
Appointment Requests: Patients are appreciative of having the facility to book online appointments, which don’t require a phone call to your office. Through our online sleep medicine portal, patients can request appointments quickly and easily. This saves time for patients and for your staff receiving online, as opposed to telephone, appointment requests.
Medication Refill Requests: Patients are able to submit requests for medication refills online through your office’s sleep medicine portal. This avoids the need for patients to have to call the office for prescription refills, and staff having to call the refill into the patient’s pharmacy. Submitting online refill requests speeds up the process and is more convenient for both patients and staff.
Referral Requests: Insurance companies covering specialist services often require patients to obtain a referral from their primary care physician. Our sleep medicine portal has a referral request feature within the system, that allows patients to directly request referral authorizations online. If the physician would like a patient visit the patient can be contacted for an appointment. If a visit isn’t necessary however, the doctor is able to authorize the referral through the sleep medicine patient portal or EMR.
Online Bill Pay: Speed up payments and reduce your staff workload through our online bill pay feature. Patients can view their statements, make payments, and even contact you through the secure messaging system should they have questions about their sleep medicine bill.
Patient Portal Chief Complaint Input Screen
IMS’ EMR-integrated sleep medicine patient portal helps gather information from patients prior to their visit to your office. Patients can inform you of their chief complaint, in addition to their expectations for their appointment with you. From the portal, patients select visit chief complaint field and enter details concerning their complaint, which is then sent to you via your EMR.Benefits
- Streamline the documentation process
- Improve accuracy of EHR data
- Make better use of your time with sleep medicine patients
Patient Portal Current Medications Input Screen
Patients can inform you of the full list of their current medications, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamin supplements, herbal products and more, directly from our sleep medicine patient portal’s Current Medications input screen. Patients can also comment on reasons for taking the medication and the dosage that they are taking of each medicine.Benefits
- Know the medications that your sleep medicine patients are taking
- Improve accuracy and completeness of EHR data
- Prevent drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions
Patient Portal My Appointments Past & Future
From the My Appointments screen in the sleep medicine patient portal, patients can request an appointment, as well as viewing any upcoming appointments that they may have (such as information on the date and time the visit is scheduled for, and the name of the doctor taking the appointment). Patients also have the facility to cancel a scheduled appointment, in addition to viewing the history of their past office visits.Benefits
- Streamline the sleep medicine appointment scheduling process
- Reduce no-shows and last-minute cancellations
- Make better use of staff resources
Patient Portal My Care Plans & Patient Handouts
Using the sleep medicine patient portal’s electronic medical record software, providers can create bespoke care plans for patients. They are also able to generate specific educational handouts for patients, based on the selected diagnosis and condition. The care plans and handouts automatically appear on the sleep medicine patient portal for the benefit of the patient.Benefits
- Improve preventive care efforts
- See better treatment outcomes
- Increase patient involvement in their care
Patient Portal My Documents
Our sleep medicine patient portal includes a simple way for doctors to create custom lists of folders and subfolders in order to manage information taken from patient charts. Information can be organized and documents can be emailed to patients directly from the EMR system or faxed as required.Benefits
- Organize documents more efficiently
- Eliminate paper-based processes
- Make it easy for sleep medicine patients to find the information
Patient Portal My Insurance
Scanning patient insurance cards takes staff time, and entering individual patient insurance data into your EMR can result in data entry errors. From our sleep medicine patient portal’s My Insurance screen, sleep medicine patients can add the details of their insurance on their own and update that data if it changes.Benefits
- Ensure your practice gets paid for services rendered
- Eliminate paper-based processes
- Improve office workflow
Patient Portal My Labs
Using our sleep medicine patient portal software, we make viewing lab results and medical test outcomes for patients a simple process. By accessing their results online through our portal, your patients don’t have to wait until their next appointment or call your office.Benefits
- Make it easy for sleep medicine patients to access test results
- Improve preventive care efforts
- Meet MIPS/MACRA requirements
Patient Portal My Messages
Our sleep medicine patient portal allows your patients to easily communicate with you. Our secure online system makes it simple for patients to send you messages, as well as providing the facility for you to reply. From our patient portal’s My Messages screen, sleep medicine patients can send and view any messages sent to them. All messaging is secure and HIPAA compliant.Benefits
- Reduce the number of phone calls from patients
- Improve the patient experience
- Provide better overall patient care
Patient Portal My Prescriptions & Refill Requests
Our sleep medicine patient portal helps patients by providing a list of their current prescriptions, informing them of how to take each medication and updating them on how many refills they have left. For their convenience, patients can send prescription refill requests to their provider via the sleep medicine patient portal when their medication is running out.Benefits
- Streamline prescription management
- Increase sleep medicine patient satisfaction
- Improve medication compliance
Patient Portal Past Medical History/Family History Input Screen
By logging into IMS’ online sleep medicine patient portal, new patients can enter details on past medical history and general family history even before their first appointment. Patients can continue to update this part of their record to make sure their information is accurate.Benefits
- Make the registration process faster for new sleep medicine patients
- Ensure your patient records are complete
- Better understand your patient's health
Patient Portal Past Surgical History Input Screen
Using our sleep medicine patient portal’s past surgical history input screen, patients can enter information about medical procedures or surgeries that they have had, including dates the procedures occurred.Benefits
- Ensure patient records are accurate & up-to-date
- Prevent unnecessary duplicate tests
- Better understand your patient's health
Patient Portal Patient Dashboard
The sleep medicine patient portal includes a summary of all patient information stored within the EMR on a Patient Dashboard. Sleep medicine specialists can view data stored on the EMR such as demographics, issues, medications, and more.Benefits
- Provide an overview of important patient information
- Ensure that messages and test results are easily seen
- Improve the patient experience
Patient Portal Patient Information Input Screen
With the sleep medicine patient portal, patients may enter important demographic information online prior to their appointment, saving you and them time. They can also update their details to reflect changes in address, phone number, email, employer, preferred pharmacy, and more.Benefits
- Reduce data entry errors
- Eliminate paper-based processes
- Improve the sleep medicine patient experience
Patient Portal Patient Photos
When patients are experiencing any symptoms, if they can take photos to illustrate the symptoms, they are able to upload these into the Sleep Medicine Patient Portal. The sleep medicine physician can then view the photo and directly mark on the image the pain scale, pain radiation, and areas of pain.Benefits
- Easily see and document areas of pain
- Show sleep medicine patient progress over a period of time
- Compare patient progress visually
