Re: fax address book, getting to epocrates in AC

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,

Just curious....why do you want to used a hard wired phone line for your

faxes?

Sharon

At 06:36 AM 12/8/2006, you wrote:

Larry,

I am hoping that UpDox will incorporate the windows fax wizard functions

into its work flow as well, so that outgoing faxes can be sent from the

computer's fax modem and a hard wired phone line, not just via an online

internet fax service like onebox. I like your idea of exporting the

AC rolodex into the fax wizard address book. This is something I

have been needing to do for a while.

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regarding an address book for faxes, it's very simple.

the fax console in windows xp uses the address book in outlook, if you

have it installed, or the default address book in outlook express.

you can also go to start-programs- accessories-

address book, and enter information there.

you can take the exported practice rolodex from AC, and try to import it

into the address book, but you'll have to open the rolodex in excel to

find the column headings, and then map the headings into the address

book.

probably the easiest is to enter each name and address with phone and fax

into outlook, and then those contacts should open up as the default

address book when you use the fax console to fax. you can select

the name/address/ fax using the " address book " tab

when the fax screen comes up, so you don't have to enter the same fax #

over and over again.

i am planning to use small business server because there is a built-in

fax server, so all addresses and all the faxes are then available to each

workstation since it works as a fax server. that's what attracted

me to it.

regarding epocrates, you can access that directly from AC, and you can

run medication interaction checks from there. there is no

additional cost for epocrates, you just have to sign up for the free

version of epocrates desktop.

hope that's helpful.

LL

" Sharon McCoy , M.D. "

<sharongeorgemd@ cox.net> wrote:

Tim,

I just use AC

to do the prescription, then print to fax. With any internet fax

service, you can fax directly to the pharmacy. I have had no

problems and it is easy to do. The only tiny hassle is that in my

current set-up, I have to enter the fax number each time. To

overcome this, I have started putting the fax number of the pharmacy the

patient prefers as the first medication on their medication list in

AC. That way I can cut & paste it when the fax dialogue box

pops up (and avoid typing in a digit incorrectly) . I

am sure there is another way to do that, (an " address book " for

the fax) but haven't spent time looking for that & it wasn't

obvious. AC doesn't automatically give you drug interactions, but

does have a data base of meds. I used Relay Health in a former

life, and while it does have more substance to it (dosing listed, patient

handouts, etc.) it always seemed a little cumbersome to me. Part of

that may have been the speed of the computers we had and the way the

group set it up (messages routed through nurses before they came to us,

doctors had to print each message to put in the paper charts).

Thanks for the

info on the AC data tracking. I will look at that.

Sharon

At 09:03 AM 12/7/2006, you wrote:

Yeah, the demo was good (I think it's been improved in the last

couple

months)....

That price, and the linking to AC has me thinking...

it may be worth the hassle of switching to it for communications

with

patients.

But I use RelayHealth for online prescriptions and love it.

Are AC folks using online prescribing through it? How's it

been?

Also, updox folks, can you set scheduled messages that go out later

with

it? I don't think I can do that with onebox email.

Tim

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> ,

> Did you look at the demo for updox or onebox? It is confusing

but

> they are two different things. Onebox is the unified phone,

email,

> fax messaging center and Updox is a product that you can

manage

> documents, use secure email, create personal health

records.

>

> I am trying out updox professional and really like it. It gives

me a

> way to securely email and send labs ect . to my patients andit

is so

> inexpensive ( like $60.00 a year) . I looked into medfusions

patient

> portal and it was very very expensive to use and set up. I

considered

> switching to E clinical works because they have developed a

patient

> portal with their EMR, but to switch was extremely expensive.

They

> would charge me $750 a day just in training costs and they

require

> minimum of 5 full days of training, plus the cost of the set up

of the

> equipement, and software license and monthly fees.

>

>

> Updox does interface with Amazing charts which is really cool.

So, now

> the big decision comes in whether I should make the switch from

Alteer

> to Amazing charts.

>

> I am trying to work around getting updox to work with Alteer....

but it

> is cumbersome and haven't been able to do it ( Alteer is

unwilling to

> interface with anyone other programs)

>

> Any advice?

>

>

>

>

>

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> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:37 AM

> Subject: Re: [Practiceimprovemen t1] Patient

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>

>

> Gordon, I just reviewed the updox demo. I thought from

previous

> discussions that people were using this system to organize their

faxes

> and voicemails and email etc... When I saw your post that you

were

> looking at it for secure email I looked at the demo. I see the

value

> in being able to use it to easily put items into an emr

(assuming I

> can get that to happen with mine), but I didn't see any secure

email

> feature. What am I missing and where?

>

> I have been looking at the websites for relayhealth and

medfusion. I

> am a D.O., a member of the ACOFP and not the AAFP so these guys

were a

> little too expensive for me. None of the huge number of

organizations

> I pay exorbitant dues to each year offer any kind of discount I

could

> find. I was hoping updox might be the answer. Can you clue me

in?

>

>

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Thanks for the info. I have used the Epocrates info from within AC,

but not the drug interactions. Do you have to retype their med list

(I do that on my Palm version of Epocrates on my Treo)? That works

well, less work than looking up each medication for sure but not

automatic.

Sharon

At 09:21 PM 12/7/2006, you wrote:

regarding an address book for

faxes, it's very simple.

the fax console in windows xp uses the address book in outlook, if you

have it installed, or the default address book in outlook express.

you can also go to start-programs-accessories-address book, and enter

information there.

you can take the exported practice rolodex from AC, and try to import it

into the address book, but you'll have to open the rolodex in excel to

find the column headings, and then map the headings into the address

book.

probably the easiest is to enter each name and address with phone and fax

into outlook, and then those contacts should open up as the default

address book when you use the fax console to fax. you can select

the name/address/fax using the " address book " tab when the fax

screen comes up, so you don't have to enter the same fax # over and over

again.

i am planning to use small business server because there is a built-in

fax server, so all addresses and all the faxes are then available to each

workstation since it works as a fax server. that's what attracted

me to it.

regarding epocrates, you can access that directly from AC, and you can

run medication interaction checks from there. there is no

additional cost for epocrates, you just have to sign up for the free

version of epocrates desktop.

hope that's helpful.

LL

" Sharon McCoy , M.D. "

wrote:

Tim,

I just use AC to do the

prescription, then print to fax. With any internet fax service, you

can fax directly to the pharmacy. I have had no problems and it is

easy to do. The only tiny hassle is that in my current set-up, I

have to enter the fax number each time. To overcome this, I have

started putting the fax number of the pharmacy the patient prefers as the

first medication on their medication list in AC. That way I can cut

& paste it when the fax dialogue box pops up (and avoid typing in a

digit incorrectly). I am sure there is another way to do that, (an

" address book " for the fax) but haven't spent time looking for

that & it wasn't obvious. AC doesn't automatically give you

drug interactions, but does have a data base of meds. I used Relay

Health in a former life, and while it does have more substance to it

(dosing listed, patient handouts, etc.) it always seemed a little

cumbersome to me. Part of that may have been the speed of the

computers we had and the way the group set it up (messages routed through

nurses before they came to us, doctors had to print each message to put

in the paper charts).

Thanks for the info on the

AC data tracking. I will look at that.

Sharon

At 09:03 AM 12/7/2006, you wrote:

Yeah, the demo was good (I think it's been improved in the last

couple

months)....

That price, and the linking to AC has me thinking...

it may be worth the hassle of switching to it for communications

with

patients.

But I use RelayHealth for online prescriptions and love it.

Are AC folks using online prescribing through it? How's it

been?

Also, updox folks, can you set scheduled messages that go out later

with

it? I don't think I can do that with onebox email.

Tim

--

Malia, MD

Malia Family Medicine & Skin Sense Laser

6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd.

Perinton Square Mall

Fairport, NY 14450

(phone / fax)

www.relayhealth.com/doc/DrMalia

www.SkinSenseLaser.com

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> ,

> Did you look at the demo for updox or onebox? It is confusing

but

> they are two different things. Onebox is the unified phone,

email,

> fax messaging center and Updox is a product that you can

manage

> documents, use secure email, create personal health

records.

>

> I am trying out updox professional and really like it. It gives

me a

> way to securely email and send labs ect . to my patients and it

is so

> inexpensive ( like $60.00 a year) . I looked into medfusions

patient

> portal and it was very very expensive to use and set up. I

considered

> switching to E clinical works because they have developed a

patient

> portal with their EMR, but to switch was extremely expensive.

They

> would charge me $750 a day just in training costs and they

require

> minimum of 5 full days of training, plus the cost of the set up

of the

> equipement, and software license and monthly fees.

>

>

> Updox does interface with Amazing charts which is really cool.

So, now

> the big decision comes in whether I should make the switch from

Alteer

> to Amazing charts.

>

> I am trying to work around getting updox to work with Alteer....

but it

> is cumbersome and haven't been able to do it ( Alteer is

unwilling to

> interface with anyone other programs)

>

> Any advice?

>

>

>

>

>

> Re: Patient portals, web

visits

>

>

>

> Gordon, I just reviewed the updox demo. I thought from

previous

> discussions that people were using this system to organize their

faxes

> and voicemails and email etc... When I saw your post that you

were

> looking at it for secure email I looked at the demo. I see the

value

> in being able to use it to easily put items into an emr

(assuming I

> can get that to happen with mine), but I didn't see any secure

email

> feature. What am I missing and where?

>

> I have been looking at the websites for relayhealth and

medfusion. I

> am a D.O., a member of the ACOFP and not the AAFP so these guys

were a

> little too expensive for me. None of the huge number of

organizations

> I pay exorbitant dues to each year offer any kind of discount I

could

> find. I was hoping updox might be the answer. Can you clue me

in?

>

>

>

>

>

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