Re: GEN: Office system for medical assistant notification
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Fri Aug 29 21:17:02 2003
Doug:
The desks are built in, and aren't moving.
Robert:
My staff is pushing for this, and I actually have priced a restaurant
pager system, also, at around $1700 (http://www.jtech.com). My guess is that
we'll deny a few meals and clothes for our children in order to appease
the staff :).
I was hoping to avoid a doorbell or "allpage," as I personally think
that the latter is a bit obnoxious.
The doorbell problem is that it wouldn't help us know WHICH doctor has a
chart ready, etc.
Garry
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>I'm thinking about using a restaurant pager system, where each medical
>assistant has a beeper, and the front keys up their beeper from a small
>control box. I have no idea how much it would cost, but I bet a lot
>less than the cool lights.
>Glad to see you have money to waste on this! The "Home depot doorbell" idea
>is cheap and efficient - in fact we use them to summon a medical assistant to
>the examining room. Also, if the phone intercom does not work when in use - a
>cheap system from Radio Shack
>will do just as well to summon the assistant to the front desk.
>
>You can put the money you save into the Totally Outrageous Malpractice
>Premium Fund!
>(That's where all our practice money goes!)
>
>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>Marietta, GA
>http://www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com
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>In a message dated 8/28/2003 10:29:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, garrys mindspring.com writes:
>Our staff wants us to install a system with s all panels of differentcolored lights, that are in the halls, exam room , etc., so the frontdesk turns on a light, and it blinks everywhere.&nb p; These are costly, butlook slick.I'm thinking about using a r staurant pager system, where each medicalassistant has a beeper, and th front keys up their beeper from a smallcontrol box. I have no id a how much it would cost, but I bet a lotless than the cool lights.
>Glad to see you have money to waste on this! The "Home depot doo bell" idea is cheap and efficient - in fact we use them to summon a medical assistant to the examining room. Also, if the phone intercom does not work hen in use - a cheap system from Radio Shack
>will do just as well to summon the assistant to the front desk.
>
>You can put the money you save into the Totally Outrageous Malpractice Premium Fund!
>(That's where all our practice money goes!)
>
>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>Marietta, GA
>http://www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com
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Private Practice
Roswell, GA
