| Medical Billing PDA | | | | appointment tracking on a pocket PC and |
| | | | retrieve information for the day. |
| One of the first things I notice about a | | | | |
| medical office, whether it be with my | | | | At the end of every day the doctor can simply |
| dentist, my family doctor, or my optometrist, | | | | dock the PDA to synchronize with the |
| is the walls full of color-coded files | | | | practices database and update the PDA to |
| containing medical histories, billing | | | | contain the appointment information for the |
| information, and tracking information for | | | | next day. Billing information, patient |
| prescriptions check ups and various other | | | | information, and other information are |
| things. As a patient, it is fun to trace the | | | | available as well, no strings attached. |
| colored tags across the files and wonder what | | | | |
| they mean. | | | | Real-Time Updates |
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| Doctors know exactly what they mean, and they | | | | Perhaps the newest convenience feature |
| see those color-coded files in a totally | | | | available using medical billing PDA is that |
| different light. That wall of folders is | | | | it can work with a wireless card to retrieve |
| vital and almost overwhelming information to | | | | real-time information on just about anything. |
| help the practice care adequately for its | | | | Professional services, patient diagnosis, |
| patients. One of the challenges of that wall | | | | medical procedure information, patient |
| is that it represents limited access to | | | | records, and anything else can be retrieved |
| patient records, especially billing record, | | | | and sent from anywhere using the internet. |
| when away from the office. It reminds me of | | | | |
| Pinocchio singing "I got no strings," while | | | | Compatibility |
| still getting tangled up in all of the | | | | |
| strings around him. | | | | A day at the office or at a hospital can be |
| | | | very hectic. A doctor can be tied down to |
| Medical Billing PDA is an example of how a | | | | many things at once. It is important to be |
| practice can act without strings. At anytime | | | | able to provide adequate attention to |
| while traveling to conferences or leaving the | | | | patients and to streamline administrative |
| office for any other reason, medical billing | | | | strings. Using medical billing PDA, doctors |
| PDA technology eliminates strings and | | | | can enter information on patients as they |
| increases accessibility to what is most | | | | visit them and later synchronize them into |
| important: patients. | | | | the system either through docking or wireless |
| | | | at the end of the day. |
| Patient Tracking | | | | |
| | | | Not only is medical billing PDA compatible |
| Wherever a doctor may be, whether traveling | | | | with the difficult schedule of the medical |
| on the way to the office in the morning or on | | | | professional, but it is also compatible with |
| a plane back from vacation or a conference, | | | | medical compliant forms and billing. Billing |
| he or she will always be able to keep track | | | | information that is transmitted is accurate |
| of his or her patients. On the way to the | | | | and timely. Just what the doctor ordered. |
| office, the doctor can go into the | | | | |