
Decrease Operating Costs - Eliminate the costs of moving paper
Patient charts are easy to create on the
computer and even easier to maintain.
No interruptions to get a
charts for
consulting physician calls,
pharmacy calls, medication renewals.
or formulary compliance.
No more searching paper files page by page. Information is complete, legible
and you can quickly pinpoint
the exact
information you need at any moment. Eliminate time spent filing, copying, faxing
files and tracking
down misplaced charts.

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Manpower Cost of Paper |
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Task/Daily Hrs |
Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
Group E |
Average |
|
Lost charts |
8 |
5 |
5.5 |
5 |
6 |
5.9 |
|
Filing |
10 |
36 |
10 |
15 |
3.5 |
14.9 |
|
Pulling Charts |
14 |
21 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
15 |
|
Copies |
12 |
4 |
6.5 |
5 |
1 |
5.7 |
|
Total hrs/day |
44 |
66 |
32 |
45 |
20.5 |
41.5 |
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Total cost/day @ 11/hr |
$484 |
$726 |
$352 |
$495 |
$226 |
$457 |
|
Cost/yr |
$125,840 |
$188,760 |
$91,520 |
$128,700 |
$58,630 |
$118,690 |
|
Visits/yr |
$17,410 |
$33,294 |
$17,106 |
$26,556 |
$11,324 |
$21,138 |
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Avg cost/pt visit |
$7 |
$6 |
$5 |
$5 |
$5 |
$6 |
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MGMA 9/95 Electronic Patient Records - Five Different Group Practices |

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