"One quarter of all medical spending goes to administrative and overhead costs and reliance on antiquated paper-based record and information systems that needlessly increase these costs."
Woolhandler, Terry Campbell, and David U. Himmelstein (2003) "Costs of Health Care Administration in the United States and Canada." New England Journal of Medicine
Save time and money
- Drastically reduce the time that patients spend in the waiting room and the time your staff spends in re-typing and filing patient forms, as well as expenses related to paper and storage.
Validate insurance coverage and red-flag any problems
- You have the information before the patient’s visit and can check eligibility and pre-screen any medical or critical care issues.
Avoid mistakes and retyping errors
- Illegible handwritten forms could lead to serious mistakes – what if a patient’s medication or allergies are not readable or mistyped into the record? With Submit Patient Forms, all information received is clearly printed, making it easier for both patient and provider to check accuracy.
"The average dental practice spends upwards of $15,800 on the creation and storage of patient charts each year and spends at least $11,520 annually on 576 hours of labor requited to maintain paper records."
Dr. Larry Emmott. Paper vs. Digital: What's it Worth to You? Dental Products Report, 01-JUL-2006.
Establish a useful online presence
- Submit Patient Forms gives you an Internet presence, whether or not you have website. When the patient clicks on the forms’ link sent by the office, they will navigate to a page with your practice name and logo as a banner.
Transition your practice to future Electronic Records systems
- Almost every Electronic Health Records vendor emphasizes that your practice must become paperless to meet the government’s directive of lowering heath care costs and minimizing mistakes. However, they suggest that in order to become paperless, you must laboriously retype all the information provided by the patient on handwritten forms into their EHR or scan all the forms. Submit Patient Forms provides the missing link and first step to a paperless practice.
Keep it simple
- As a care provider, you want to focus on giving the best possible attention and services to your patients, while keeping paper work and administration as simple and painless as possible.