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Cannabis Portal Can Help Medical Providers

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BY DANIEL CASCIATO Records services allow physicians to easily like insomnia and chronic pain, he says he def-
schedule appointments, create templates wanted to learn more about how it could
Arfinn Learning Solutions, Inc. recently to quickly generate exam notes, and have help him. James West
added some important new features to its access to updated analytics regarding treat- “I quickly found that there was a lot of
online peer-to-peer portal which allows ment options.” contradictory information, and since it is initely still a stigma attached to cannabis,
medical professionals to share HIPAA pro- The most popular feature the company so hard to conduct research with it, I want- he notes that they are discovering through
tected patient treatments and efficacies for recently released was a patient portal and a ed to allow physicians to share what was their data that this treatment route is truly
cannabis and other non-traditional prac- text message tool that automatically is sent going on in their practices regarding helping people and reducing the symp-
tices, while also gaining valuable analytics to patients asking for them to rate their cannabis,” he says. toms of a wide variety of conditions.
regarding their own practice. symptom improvement. West created the portal because he “I think some people also just assume
The website officially launched in “Not only will this help physicians stay believed that there was currently not that cannabis gets you high, but our data is
January 2019, with limited access to the in contact with their patients, it will also enough information regarding the benefit showing amazing outcomes with CBD
data, but analytics regarding cannabis effi- allow them to collect efficacy data much of medical marijuana (and its dosing) for dominant ratios,” he says.
cacy treatments began last December. quicker to help inform their recommenda- physicians and patients. He believes that One change he hopes to see in the
Medical professionals using www.arfinn- tions,” explains West. “All of this is in the portal will be a critical resource for cannabis industry someday is that it needs
med.com have access to a dashboard addition to the suite of functions already in physicians and patients to discover, report, to be more available for researchers to get
showing their patients’ cannabis treat- use like dosing reports, research links for and track cannabis treatments so other their hands on it to start really getting into
ments and efficacies. The newly released like and similar qualifying conditions, and people interested in potentially using how it can help people.
functions are expected to help physicians reports on treatment outcomes. The cannabis can learn from it. “I think there is overwhelming support
save time and money, while securely keep- patient portal and text message updates “We also think that by being a free EMR from the community to at least honestly
ing patient records through its EMR serv- regarding patient treatments are very pop- for physicians, we will allow physicians to discover its medicinal benefits and how
ices. ular with physicians.” easily keep records for their patients, but that can be applied to help people with a
“We have improved the workflow with- West’s interest in medical marijuana also contribute to the understanding and wide variety of conditions,” he says.
in Arfinn Med to ultimately save physi- stems from learning about the many application of medical marijuana,” he
cians time,” says James West, Arfinn CEO health benefits credited to cannabis. As adds. For more information,
and founder. “Our free Electronic Medical someone who has dealt with conditions While West acknowledges that there is visit www.arfinnmed.com.

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