How a medical practice can reduce labor costs with practical technologies.
Medical practices are struggling financially because of continually decreasing reimbursements and increasing expenses. Staff expenses are the largest category of expenses in any medical office. In order to preserve their compensation from shrinking further, doctors must learn how to use more of the office technologies that are already at their disposal to reduce the practice's reliance on manual effort.
Healthcare Technology Unit, Custom Computer Specialists, Hauppauge, New York, USA. gnizich@customonline.com
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