The Paperless Medical Office: Digital Technology's Potential for the Internist
This discussion paper
provides the internist with an up-to-date account of how advances in information technology can improve the quality of care, reduce medical and medication errors, increase office productivity and administrative efficiency, speed patient referrals and prescriptions, and enhance practice profitability. The discussion paper addresses key bbstacles to achieving these goals and provides real life experiences of three internal medicine practices which have converted to paperless operations.
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Page posted: 04/01/2004
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