Friday, September 6, 2013

Chiropractic Paperless Office Software Solution


In today's technologically driven computer and internet world, all health-care professionals are looking for a paperless office software solution. Even your family chiropractor, who has kept you almost pain-free, is looking for his or her own chiropractic paperless office software solution. If we are honest about the computer and business world we live in, then we must confess that we are going in a paperless office direction. Going paperless in your office does have its advantages and a disadvantage or two.

One of your most performed job duties as a chiropractor is the making of very detailed SOAP notes on each patient. This is a must, and this 'must' comes at a hefty price right? Yes, such prices as; the space to keep organized and stored all those thousands of notes on your thousands of patients. Not to mention the manpower to work with them and the cost of paper to record them on and well, shelves, file cabinets, you get the idea.

Therefore, since this duty is so repetitiously performed, the Chiropractic Paperless Office Software Solution or fulfillment of this is that it must record and store a paperless note fast. We are talking in seconds and not minutes, if you cannot record a SOAP note on an established patient in 15 seconds or less, what good will the software do for you? None. So speed is definitely a big advantage.

What good is speed if the notes which are created are not detailed enough? No advantage at all and is a detriment turning into more of a hindrance than a help. Ideally the speed should help you create a SOAP note with more detail or equal to your current software.

A big advantage to the perfect Chiropractic Paperless Office Software Solution would be ease of use. This is where a touch screen technology would fit in because a touch screen is so much faster and easier to use than a keyboard with a mouse. There just is no real comparison and this alone makes the whole operation of your software for all your daily duties faster and not only for the note creation.

I am sure that you would have more peace in buying software if perhaps it was designed by a fellow practicing chiropractor. A DC who preferably has been in business for himself for enough time to 'know the ropes' in your field. They would know what you need and what to just trash and not have any extra features that would just be taking up hard-drive space. I know I would be.

Why would I want to buy software from a computer expert who has no personal knowledge of your software needs? I would most likely not buy from them. A good analogy would be to ask myself 'why would I buy health care software from an auto parts store?' Go to an expert in the field.

iPad compatibility would be a big plus. This feature, when combined with the touch screen would enable you to just carry your iPad from room to room. The portability of it cuts down on the cost of needing a separate unit in each room. Whereas this is not a requirement or need to demand, it sure puts the power into your hands, literally. This advantage should be looked for also in the Chiropractic Paperless Office Software Solution you choose.

One disadvantage, not related directly to the software package you choose will be the switch over to a paperless office. The process of going from an office that uses, handles, sends, and stores paper in all business activities to one that is paperless, is quite a change. Although, it may seem a steep hill to climb, it is climbable if you look at this challenge, one step at a time.

As the owner of your business finding the perfect Chiropractic Paperless Office Software Solution to fit your needs and practice. Which at the same time must be powerful, fast, and easy to use enough to be a tool that will pay you back in money saved. While weighing the advantages and disadvantages is what all offices have to deal with. In the long run the savings are substantial and save trees in the process. That is always good.

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