Less paper = Saving Money and Saving the Earth

Here are the ways we have started using less paper

1. We found a relatively cheap fax / printer  - HP Office Jet 6500
This has a software that will directly convert the fax to a pdf

Since we have EMR this saves us a lot of money, time and man power

And if you are a little bit tech savvy you can set up all your computers to access this fax file from anywhere in your office.

2. There is a free program called CutePDF.com
You can down load the free version and use it to convert any word document to pdf.
This way you can eliminate printing and scanning docs

3. If you use Google Chrome and try to print something off the internet, it automatically gives you the option to pdf the file rather than print.

4. Our electronic EMR allows patients to log into their account and see their own lab results.  This is another way we have cut down printing labs

5. We have a RingCentral Fax.  When we have to fax something, we pdf it and directly fax it using this feature from the computer.  Once again we do not have to print the paper to fax it to another office.    Here is the link to RingCentral   http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-2204200-10473456