With several medical organizations seeking to become paper-less with the implementation of an EHR, they are still dealing with paper based documents in many clinical areas. But fortunately, physicians are more eager to completely eliminate some of the paper documents, especially given 10% of their prescriptions written on Pads are for controlled substances.
Up until June of 2010, all controlled [...]
You have probably seen kiosks in airport check-in lines, grocery store check-out stations, and even as movie dispensers. Why are we starting to see more kiosks around? The answer is obvious – reduced cost of business and enhancement of customer experience. The main idea behind the kiosk is to speed up the customer’s transaction without having [...]
For many healthcare organizations that have made the commitment to paperless and implemented an electronic health records the road has been challenging. Some have at some point contemplated the de-installation of the entire system, and others worked through the pain points and found new ways of making work.
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Step 1- Replace Your Paper Charts
I don’t have to tell you that the burden of administrative and clinical documents in a medical practice is considerable. Busy offices lead to inaccessible administrative documents and charts; whether misplaced, lost, or in use by another staff member. Physician practices continue to seek solutions to reduce or eliminate the [...]
In the vastly regulated and costly healthcare industry, doctors’ offices, hospitals and other providers are under pressure to improve operational efficiency and reduce cost while sustaining exceptional patient care. One technology that healthcare organizations can employ to increase HIPAA compliancy and lower cost of operations is electronic faxing.
Electronic faxing uses the internet to send and [...]
Do you want to go paperless or deal with less paper? The buzz word “Paperless” technically means that you don’t use paper in your practice. The reality is, depending on your patient demographics, items like medical history, privacy notices, consent forms etc., require paper in the front office. Our solution uses a light “Lite” Document [...]