Tuesday, May 20, 2008

3 Benefits of Web-Based Electronic Medical Billing Software

When you decide to opt for Web-based medical billing software you will find many great benefits. These include but are not limited to, reduced install and maintenance costs, security from natural disasters, anytime access.

Anytime Access

A major benefit of a Web-based medical billing solution is that you can access the information anytime. Whether you are at home, or in the office, you only need an Internet connection and you will be able to access all the information you need. Late at night or early in the morning or during the day you will be able to access the information for your practice.

Reduced Install and Maintenance costs

Another benefit of the software being Web-based is that there are much lower installation costs. You will see this benefit right up front as it will be the first step that you go through. Another benefit is the reduced maintenance cost. Many server based technologies need to be upgraded and constantly monitored. This can sometimes lead to unexpected costs to help maintain your current system. With Web-based technologies these maintenance costs are much, much, much lower.

Accidents unfortunately happen

As much as we like to think that accidents never happen to us, there is a chance that they just may. Many people use insurance to cover them incase of these major accidents. But many people do not think about what is going to happen to their information in an accident. With Web-based electronic medical billing software there is greater satisfaction in knowing that if an accident where to go through a horrific accident, you would be not lose all of your records. If there were a fire, earthquake, flood and your servers were hit, you would lose all of your client information. But if you had a Web-based software solution, even though your office may be damaged, your records wouldn?t be. You would be able to be up and running in almost no time.

So when deciding between Web-based and server side software remember these major benefits of Web-based medical billing software.

Alex Hachtman is a Marketing Specialist for AdvancedMD Software in Draper, Utah. For more information about medical billing software, please feel free to contact an AdvancedMD representative.

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