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Process ? |
The paper way |
The digital way |
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Enter it |
We use paper and pen to write on a chart, fill out a prescription, make notes or draw on the dental chart. |
We use a mouse and a keyboard to enter the same information. |
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Capture it |
We use film exposed to light in a camera or x-rays which is then processed to create a photograph or a radiograph.. |
We use a sensor which is exposed to either light in a camera or to x-rays which then create an image on the computer monitor. |
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Scan it |
We take a piece of paper which has important information and we make a copy and put the paper copy in the chart folder. |
We take a piece of paper which has important information and we make a digital electronic copy which becomes part of the digital record. |
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Import it |
We add information we have received from someone else, such as an insurance EOB to the chart folder. |
We never see a paper EOB we just import this information in a digital format directly to the patient’s digital record. |