Doctors and Patients Should “Just Say No” to Paper

M Illegible handwriting PREP Do you know Less free time JUST SAY "NO" TO PAPER CHARTS M Rising costs the signs of paper use in your medical practice? PAPER RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM how much does paper cost? $116,375 only 1 in 3 doctors are e-prescribing today each year AZComp Technologies, April 2011 $2,400 Paper Chart Supplies 3.2 billion prescriptions $21,875 For Outbound Faxes are sent annually $2,500 Labor: Find Misplaced Charts 7,000 people die each year from bad handwriting $12,000 Transcriptions $41,600 Labor: Pulling & Refiling Charts $36,000 For Inbound Faxes $2,400 $21,875 $2,500 $12,000 $41,600 $36,000 life-saving access when bad things can happen to getting more you need it paper records hours per day .just wanted to let you know Practice Fusion saved a patient's life...had I not had her electronic info on PF and seen The US Surgeon General, Dr. Benjamin, lost medical records in her practice to floods (twice) and then a fire. Dr. McCallum says charting in real-time saves her two to three hours a day. that she had a history of a clotting disorder, I likely would have killed her. (3 hrs * 5 days) * S0 weeks It was not found anywhere else. extra hours 750 Digital Doctor, April 2011 per year Do you know someone still using paper charts? We can help: www.practicefusion.com