Featured Testimonial

...I have been using comchart since the fall of 2000. Initially I used it as a stand alone without the networking capabilitities and converted ... to the fulll network version. Prior to using comchart I had been using MSword on a lap top to generate progress notes.
There were many unexpected positive aspects of using this program- Probably the most unexpected positive thing was the ability to convert my office to a paperless system. We have totally eliminated the need for filing in our office. Everything is in the computer- labs correspondance etc.
The second positive thing is the ability to generate consultation reports while seeing the patient and faxing the same reports to the primary care physician within minutes of the patient leaving the office. We have eliminated the need for a transcriptionist.
I was very suprised by the acceptance of my patients of the computer as part of the office visit. At first I thought that it might interfere with physician to patient relationaship. Only one old lady was upset that I was "playing with my computer while talking to her".
I have vastly improved documentation of my office visits.
The most difficult challenge for my staff was convincing them that we no longer had to keep all those unnecessary papers we were filing. All labs, Xray reports and correspondance is scaned and converted using OCR software and placed into the chart- all charts and data are available with a few keystrokes.
All my patient progress notes dating back to 1996 are contained on a single CD and can be accessed in a few seconds.
When copies of the patient charts are requested all my staff has to do is go to the patients chart hit the print button and the entire chart is printed and ready to be sent to whomever has requested the chart. We no longer need a copier in the office.
The support offered by Dr. Zwerling is outstanding- he usually responds by email within the same day and is available by phone if needed. He is contantly upgrading the program based on suggestions from physicians who are using the program.
I have been using Lytec as my billing software However we are experimenting with using comchart to generate the insurance billing forms and so far it has been outstanding. We are able to generate the insurance forms the same day. With all the information for the insurance company already in the demographics portion of the chart, the diagnosis with appropriate codes in the patients problem list it takes about 20 seconds to generate the form and the bills can be printed as a batch at the end of the day ready for mailing.
Before I settled on comchart I had been searching for several years for a program that I could use in my practice. What attracted me tothis program was it's ease of use but more importantly was the fact that I could tailor the progress notes and consultations to suit my way of practicing.