[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 18:30 on 03/11/98
about "Re: Record Storage":
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> Another option of course is a SCSI disc (100ml volume) and scanner
> 0.5 sq m of desk space, and shredder 0.3 sq m of floor space.
> Tempting.
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> Let me know your solution.... >>
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>Adrian, I think you jest when I'm in crisis here. Line 1
No.
1. I have the same problem, and am looking at the same solutions.
2. Cash is very limited, as well as floor space.
3. Electronic storage of images is an option, and provided one is
prepared to shred the records or give the paper to the patients it
is at least possible.
4. When you choose a solution, since your need is more acute than
mine, I may be in a position to profit by your experience since I
may not yet have had to make a big change.
Do you have a PC network in the building with a monitor on the desk
of everyone who must have access to notes in normal working?
If so there are people lurking on this list who can build you a
solution...In fact I could.
Phase one I suggest is to reduce the growth of paper by stopping
filing a copy of each letter out of the practice, but merely retain
the word-processed file and use a simple viewer or macro to retrieve
it whenever the relevant patient is in the building...what clinical
system are you using? We introduced this some years ago, and it is
vry simple, cheap and quick.
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