InStar RIS Features/Benefits

Benefits

InStar’s RIS affords users many benefits that enhance center productivity. These include its ability to:

• Automate manual and paper processes
• Eliminate bottlenecks
• Reduce labor costs
• Improve productivity
• Create Excellent Patient Experiences
• Expand referrals
• Generate referring physician networks
• Maximize revenue
• Increase efficiency

Features

Scheduling

The InStar scheduler is believed to be the most efficient scheduling module available in the RIS market today. The scheduler, with its patent-pending abilities, can easily manage a scheduler's workload from a single window. This screen offers all the functions and options necessary to schedule patient appointments, thereby avoiding the need to click through multiple windows or tabs. Because it is easy to learn and use and also highly intuitive, new users are able to begin scheduling and entering patient information within minutes. This aids in lowering costs relating to training new schedulers and users. Many users have indicated that they chose InStar based on its innovative and efficient Scheduler capability.

Patient Registration

The InStar RIS also possesses the ability to store patient data, making it available when the scheduler is ready to book subsequent appointments. A scheduler can easily enter and maintain patient records with the InStar RIS, thus eliminating redundant information entry and maximizing time.

Patient Tracking and Patient Status Grid

The Patient Tracker optimizes workflow by tracking patients and their progress as they are served throughout the practice. The Patient Status Grid offers information via a real-time, single screen view, which captures the status patient exams within a practice or radiology department. This patent-pending feature significantly decreases bottlenecks and dramatically reduces turnaround times.

Alerts

InStar’s Alert capabilities are built directly into the RIS. Throughout the process, users can be notified automatically regarding relevant information as well as bottlenecks in the system. Alerts can also be sent in real-time to notify users that patients that have been waiting too long for their appointments.

Billing

InStar's billing module is a robust full-featured billing system that provides fast, accurate charge generation while hosting many flexible options for billing departments. The InStar RIS can easily integrate with an existing billing system to create a customized solution.

Electronic Claims Submission

Claims can be electronically processed through InStar’s billing module. This typically reduces the billing cycle to less than two weeks.

Report Distribution

Once a report has been reviewed and signed, it can automatically be distributed to the referring physician as well as other pertinent doctors or medical professionals involved in the patient’s care. The turnaround time for delivering reports within the InStar RIS is greatly reduced when compared with industry standards.

Additionally, referring physicians also can securely view the completed report over the Internet anytime and anywhere using the referring physician portal.

Referring Physician Portal

The referring physician portal enables referring physicians to schedule patients remotely, as well as access reports and check the status of patients they have referred to a facility.

Practice Management Analysis

The InStar RIS is a highly intelligent system that allows users to analyze data spanning all aspects of a particular practice. This includes the ability to view numerous management and marketing reports or export raw data into a spreadsheet to create custom-tailored reports.

Other Features of the InStar RIS:

• HIPAA Compliance and Audit Tracking
• HL7 and DICOM Services
• Integration Capabilities with Third Party Applications
• Mammography Tracking
• Embedded Digital Dictation
• Embedded Voice Recognition
• Film Check-out and Tracking
• Bar Code Capability
• Outside Reads