Seven Great Applications for IP PBX’s in the Medical Practice
Approaching our second anniversary working on the IPxx firmware we have started talking about specializing the firmware for various groups of professionals. Medical practitioners, homes for the “Platinum Generation”, home-patients that need special attention and monitoring are just a few that come to mind. So when I heard about a post from Software Advice on the topic of IP-PBX and electronic health records, it immediately caught my interest. They have shared an introduction to the article for our blog. Here’s what they have to say:
With the recent addition of an IP-PBX in our office, we started thinking about ways electronic health records (EHR) could be integrated with IP-PBX phone systems. After our initial research, we were surprised to find that little has been developed so far in the way of medical-specific applications.
Asterisk-based Internet Protocol – Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX) phone systems could help medical practices be more efficient and provide better patient care. It certainly has helped us reduce costs and become more efficient.
To spark interest in the Asterisk development community, we’ve decided to put together a list of seven ways IP-PBX and EHR technology can be combined. The ideas range from automatic dunning (i.e. collections) voicemails to vPrescribing.
To read the full post, visit: Seven Great Applications for IP-PBXs in the Medical Practice
Please follow the link for the entire article, it is definitely well worth the time spent reading it. We are going to seriously consider developing a firmware based on Houston’s article and ideas and sincerely hope that he will be available for future discussions.