“Our emergency department had an initial return on investment in six months by saving $175,000 in coding and dictation costs a year when we reassigned our five member dictation team to other departments. Plus, when we began capturing charge data electronically at the point of care, we doubled our capture of charges monthly from $800,000 to $1.6 million. This also helps reduce denials for reimbursement and allows us to bill payers faster.”

Matt Bouchard, MD
Altoona Regional Health System
ED on Track With IT