Nowadays many people argue that the virtual world is becoming more real than the real world. While we don’t want to take a side in this argument , we cannot deny that the Internet is becoming more important with each day and most likely its significance will only raise in the time to come. At the beginning we used the internet to exchange scientific information to help our research and today we can work, meet new friends and shop for anything over the Internet. You just try to Google any words and the search engine returns many thousands of results! That’s because there are entire companies that actually rely on the Internet and its potential and a lot of businesses which wouldn’t exist at all, if it the global network called Internet did not exist.
But let’s not digress. If you are a doctor, no matter whether you run a large medical practice or a small one, you might need some extra help with those time consuming secretarial tasks, especially if you do not have a medical office receptionist.
Now you might have already heard of the AssistMedic’s automatic medical office receptionist. It is a medical software system that has been specifically designed to streamline your day and simplify your and your medical receptionist’s work. Among the many functions performed by the medical front desk assistant there are:
* The ability to import and export medical records and other medical data
* Scheduling appointments through the innovative online medical scheduler
* The ability to back-up of the patients’ medical records at regular intervals.
* Sign-up of new patients and creation of EMR (Electronic Medical Records) for them
* The ability to remind patients of approaching appointments by email, SMS and over the phone.
Please note that most functions of the automated medical office assistant require an internet access since it is integrated with the website of the medical office.
Therefore, it is obvious that providing your medical clinic with a automatic medical front desk secretary without having a website is a bit of a waste. In fact, AssistMedic’s functions are remarkably limited if your medical clinic is not present on the web: no matter whether you have a large website with 23 pages or one with 3 pages (Home page, online appointment scheduler, Contact Us), the most important thing is that your medical practice website is visible on the net.
Now, because we know that running a medical practice is as hard as managing any other businesses, we suggest you follow our advice because it is wisdom learned the hard way by many other healthcare professionals.
Have a nice website built, one that describes the features of your medical clinic, the services that you offer and, once your website is available online, you might think of using an automated medical office secretary and promoting its many useful features (online appointment scheduling, electronic medical records, medical appointment reminders, etc.) to your existing and new patients.
Once the secondary medical office assistant is installed in your medical practice and your website is connected to the receptionist, any of your patients will be able to start using the full range of services, including submission of custom medical forms and online appointment scheduling. For the appointment scheduling the doctor can specify that it will be done either through a full-fledged online scheduler with a calendar or alternatively through a simple appointment request form.
AssistMedic has been providing medical secretary services to companies in USA and Canada for several years. See their virtual medical office assistant that is fully HIPAA-compliant
