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Paperless Charts
Technology has advanced the healthcare industry in many ways, allowing for a higher standard of patient care and letting practices function more efficiently. It has benefitted the healthcare sector by enabling practices to use paperless charting methods. This technique makes all charts digital rather than physically filed within the office. There are many reasons why this technique is better:
● Green. Removing the paper from the process speeds up the process, saves paper, and helps make each practice greener. There is less waste on hand-filled charts and physical copies before going digital.
● Convenient. Paper charts had to be printed out, filled in, and filed. In some cases, they would need to be scanned onto the computer while keeping a physical version on hand. Scanning made for many extra steps that slowed down the entire process.
● Efficient. Now, we can more easily transfer records to another practice without tracking down the hard copy and scanning it in. Not scanning makes for much quicker servicing and more efficiency in the entire process.
● Accurate. Traditional charting is difficult to standardize and can lead to discrepancies between dentists, hygienists, and assistants. Digital charting, on the other hand, makes for consistent charting practices. It also eliminates mistakes and misunderstandings that can result from handwriting.
● Secure. Paper charts could easily be wrongly disposed of, left lying out, or even kept in an unsecured file cabinet. Digital charts are kept safely and securely stored in an encrypted virtual database and out of sight from unauthorized users. That makes it that much more secure for extra peace of mind.
As you can see, there are many benefits to this new digital charting method. It’s one of the many ways we go above and beyond at Studio Z Dental.