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Archive > December, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 12

Business Advisor

Uncovering 12 Hidden Costs of Going Paperless

Melody Mena, RN, RNFA, CNOR

At $213,000, the cost to convert from paper charts to electronic medical records was steep enough. Much of that went to one-time expenses: $120,000 for software and $72,000 for 24 hand-held tablets. The conversion will pay for itself in 5,000 procedures and 12 months, but that doesn't mean we'll be done paying. Here are 12 hidden and recurring expenses of going paperless.

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