Most practices run on practice-management software, and most use a small fraction of what it can actually do. The system that handles your bookings probably also does recalls, reporting, reminders, and a dozen other things that could save real time — but nobody's ever had time to learn them, so the practice keeps doing manually what the software could do automatically. You're paying for a powerful tool and using it like a basic one.
It's worth periodically asking: what is our system actually capable of that we're not using? Often the features that would save the most time — automated recalls and reminders, useful reports, streamlined billing, online booking — are already sitting there, switched off or unlearned. A few hours invested in genuinely learning your existing tools frequently pays back faster than buying anything new.
And when you are considering new tools, the same discipline as always applies in healthcare: does it genuinely help, and crucially, where does patient data go and is it handled to the standard your obligations require (the OAIC being the authoritative source on privacy)? Get more from what you have before adding more.
Before buying new technology, make the technology you already pay for actually earn its keep.
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