High tech keeps the wheels turning
I love to hear about ways that innovation and technology make things possible that once were not. In fact, I scour the internet learning from others who do this very thing in healthcare, leading to newfound improvements in care, diagnostics, and efficiencies.
Here is an example of a small practice that really gets it. So much of the technology that already exists will help practices keep the doors open and wheels turning, and I love to see it in action. This isn’t a crazy example of the latest and greatest EMR saving a hospital organization millions of dollars in efficiency and reduced waste – just a small practice that is using many of the available technologies and services in order to keep things going on a snow day in New York State.
Despite global warming, the weather brought snow today to Suffolk County Long Island, where I have my urology practice. Fortunately I had a slow day in the office and was not really disrupted much by the snow. My biller however, was unable to get into the office. No biggy. Here’s what we did:
