Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) will also benefit from the use of Doctations?.

By using Doctations, ASCs will:

• Reduce costs while fully satisfying HIPAA requirements;
• Provide for more widespread implementation of computerized documentation, including routine nursing notes and daily physician notes;
• Improve paper flow with reduced local staff time;
• Acquire an electronic signature system which will reduce time for completed documentation thereby reduce billing time;
• Acquire a secure platform to access medical records online;
• Use a patient database to reduce data entry errors;
• Provide re-use of data during a hospital stay in a safe fashion;
• Update the patient database when the patient is discharged;
• Acquire a common interface across multiple facilities and departments;
• Provide the hospital administration with complete control of access to medical records;
• Rapidly capture and automate discharge summary the hospital administration has control over;
• Use standard phraseology employed in natural documentation;
• Improve transcription turn-around time.