Shrinking Paperwork Down to Size, The Latest Offerings From The Medical Software Industry

By Janice Rosenberg. Whether you’re a technological novice or you own a complete practice management system loaded with bells and whistles, great software will make the difference between smooth operations and days of frustration. . Options abound. In 1997, close to 1,500 vendors offered information system solutions for physicians’ offices, according to Vinson Hudson, industry analyst at Jewson Enterprises in Redwood City, Calif. A quick check of the Internet will convince you that plenty are still in business.. ‘The companies out there that have survived have really taken into account how physicians practice and what they need," says Sue Frisch, editor of Medical Software Reviews. "The industry has grown from ‘gee whiz’ into something that is about real, serious business and satisfying a genuine need.". Medical Software Reviews is a monthly newsletter with clinician-written evaluations and comparisons of a wide range of software for medical practices. Its publisher, Healthcare Computing Publications Inc. (www.healthcarecomputing.com), also offers an ‘Online Directory of Medical Software,’ which is a searchable database of more than 1,500 applications and their sources. . Practice management tools. Combined practice management and billing software such as Prac-Man Medical from the ...

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