Ambulatory Care

Ambulatory care is any medical care delivered on an outpatient basis. Increasing numbers of medical conditions do not require hospital admission and can be managed without admission to a hospital. Many medical investigations can be performed on an ambulatory basis, including blood tests, X-rays, endoscopy and even biopsy procedures of superficial organs.

Sites where ambulatory care can be delivered include:

• Physician offices

• Hospital emergency departments

Ambulatory Care Classifications

Ambulatory care is generally classifiable in two groups:

1. Medical institution-based settings, including:

Ambulatory care clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and emergency medical services.

2. Non-medical institution-based settings, including:

School and prison health; vision, dental and pharmaceutical care.

Ambulatory care system are becoming an increasingly important part of the health care system. Technological progress has made many treatments previously offered only in the hospital now possible in an ambulatory setting.

Many activities undertaken by nurses can be enhanced using computer technology. Nurses in clinical practice can document patient care as well as access reference materials and databases via the World Wide Web. They can monitor their patient outcomes by using automated clinical pathways. The use of personal digital assistants with reference and charting information is now growing. Nurses use hospital computers to place nursing orders and plan care.

Ambulatory Care EMR System

• Supports ‘outpatient-based' medical practitioner with Electronic Medical Records(EMR) solution, speeds up integration/adoption of Ambulatory EMR and Inpatient care, improving the quality of care

• Supports medical tests on an ambulatory basis in medical office (Physician), hospitals (emergency), and other urgent care centers

• Interoperable, and enable physicians mechanize common tasks required to manage patient care and treatment

• Ambulatory Care EMR Provides practitioners real time, easy access to patient data, and increases their productivity