If I got a dollar every time I heard that phrase I'd be, well, rich. It's very true though, whether it be a cell phone, car, pager, or iPod, there are many things that we don't know how we ever did live without. Our lives are constantly becoming a little more simplified and a little less stressful. Wait, that last sentence can't be true. Even though our lives have become more simplified, they undeniably have not become a little less stressful. Lets look a little closer at this:

Everybody has important things they need to get done daily. How many times have you heard someone say, "I shouldn't be resting right now, I've got so many things I need to get done." Yet, even though we say that, we always seem to find time for a little rest, because frankly if we didn't, there would probably be a few more people going crazy out there. The point is, there is always something that needs to get done, so whether technology allows us to simplify one task or not, we will still need to get something else done. Now I'm not saying that it is a bad thing, we all become more efficient and happier. We will also be able to use that time on more fulfilling "stuff."

Any medical practice has a huge amount of information that it should store on record and trying to keep it in a secure location and tracking it later on is continually becoming a more difficult thing to do. A patient's medical record or billing information must be kept on record and stored away so that they become trouble-free to retrieve when needed. I'm sure you just love to hear that classic phone music as you wait on the line Now you know why the health care industry should make a big push on transferring their practice management paperwork and medical records over from a paper format to the digital and electronic world

It really would be beneficial for any medical practice to start using emr software and medical billing software. Unfortunately, not much progress has been made, especially

Everybody has important things they need to get done daily. How many times have you heard someone say, "I shouldn't be resting right now, I've got so many things I need to get done." Yet, even though we say that, we always seem to find time for a little rest, because frankly if we didn't, there would probably be a few more people going crazy out there. The point is, there is always something that needs to get done, so whether technology allows us to simplify one task or not, we will still need to get something else done. Now I'm not saying that it is a bad thing, we all become more efficient and happier. We will also be able to use that time on more fulfilling "stuff."

Any medical practice has a huge amount of information that it should store on record and trying to keep it in a secure location and tracking it later on is continually becoming a more difficult thing to do. A patient's medical record or billing information must be kept on record and stored away so that they become trouble-free to retrieve when needed. I'm sure you just love to hear that classic phone music as you wait on the line Now you know why the health care industry should make a big push on transferring their practice management paperwork and medical records over from a paper format to the digital and electronic world

It really would be beneficial for any medical practice to start using emr software and medical billing software. Unfortunately, not much progress has been made, especially

Any medical practice has a huge amount of information that it should store on record and trying to keep it in a secure location and tracking it later on is continually becoming a more difficult thing to do. A patient's medical record or billing information must be kept on record and stored away so that they become trouble-free to retrieve when needed. I'm sure you just love to hear that classic phone music as you wait on the line Now you know why the health care industry should make a big push on transferring their practice management paperwork and medical records over from a paper format to the digital and electronic world

It really would be beneficial for any medical practice to start using emr software and medical billing software. Unfortunately, not much progress has been made, especially

It really would be beneficial for any medical practice to start using emr software and medical billing software. Unfortunately, not much progress has been made, especially when comparing it to, say, the banking industry. They spend much more of their revenue on implementing electronic records into their industry.

Now, going back to spending more time with your "stuff" example, think of how much nicer it would be if a medical staff could spend more of their time interacting and helping patients, instead of wasting precious time finding and filing and transferring paper records.

If the staff of a medical practice spends more time remembering patients' data instead of interacting and providing help to patients, then something can and should be done in order to help patients become more comfortable by giving them more attention from the medical staff. Wouldn't it be wonderful if a medical practice spent more time worrying about patients' well-being instead of their billing information?