jforbush's blog

As we close out the month of June AKA "Backup Month", I thought it would be helpful to share some advice passed to to me from Scott Gardner of Optimac, Inc with regard to automating the office backup routine. Although the advice was specific to MacPractice (our office EMR), I've extended his advice to include all of the office applications.

1. Local backup:

Most recently, there has been a great deal of “buzz” around Practice Fusion's EMR offering. Upon initial pass, it clearly has a very user-friendly environment with a fair amount of customization. Two glaring downsides, however are:
1. Lack of iPad/iPhone compatibility
2. No integration with voice recognition software, ala MacSpeech Dictate or, to the best of my knowledge, Dragon Naturally Speaking

I, like many of you I suspect, am anxiously awaiting Apple’s upcoming announcement, if the rumor mills prove accurate. In reading through Don McAllister’s post, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the massive utility an “iSlate” product would have during a typical office day.

Although I use my iPhone in nearly every encounter (coupled with an iMac in each patient room), the utility of having a larger, although still portable, device to use in interacting with patients will be a Godsend:
- reviewing radiology images
- showing/viewing procedural videos

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