| Steve Bixler, Practice Development |
The excitement for SMB Medical Billing's new EHR, Scheduling and Practice Management is building. The one question that keeps being asked by our clients is what are the system requirements for them to use the new system?
The normal configuration of a system contains four components:
1) Internet Access, 2) Local Area Network, 3) Workstations for Providers and Office Staff, 4) Mobile Stations.
A diagram would look like this:
The type of work expected to be accomplished on this component are: scheduling, patient lookups, reports, data entry, etc. Articles about the other components may be read on the SMB Medical Billing Blog at 4podiatrists.com/blog.
Please note that the Electronic Health Record system provided by SMB Medical Billing will work on both the Workstations and the Mobile Station. You may perfom the same functions that the Workstation accomplishes with a Mobile Station, however, it will not be very convienent. The subject of the Mobile Station will be covered in another article.
The critical components of a workstation (or laptop) that an office staff and a Provider would use for scheduling, patient lookup, reports, etc. are:
Operating Syste
Software
CPU Speed
Memory
Monitor
Network adapter
The minimum configuration for a workstation (or laptop) are:
Operating System
Windows 7
Windows Vista current service pack
Windows XP current service pack
MAC OS 10 Mozilla FireFox 1.5.0.8
Software
SilverLight 4.0 - installed on your first visit to the web site
Adobe Reader 8 or higher (free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/)
Microsoft Excel 2003 or higher (for data export and reports) Internet Explorer 6 or higher / Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 or higher
CPU Speed
850MHz CPU
Memory
1024 MB RAM
Monitor
17 inch monitor
Display settings of 1152 x 864 (minimum is 1024 x 768)
Network adapter
Network Interface Card - 10/100 mb
Wireless - 10 mb
I recommend systems that are designed for professional use - not home use. The reason is, when you have a patient asking you questions about their account balance or next appointment, you want a system that is fast. Also, if you have downloaded 5,000 patient records and are trying to processing them into a useable report, you want a system that can handle the workload without "going out to lunch" for an hour.
I recommended the following configuration.
Operating System
Windows 7 Professional
Software
SilverLight 4.0 - installed on your first visit to the web site
Adobe Reader 10 (free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/)
Microsoft Excel 2010 (for data export and reporting)
Internet Explorer 9
CPU Speed
As fast as you can afford. I get systems with speeds around 3GHz.
Memory
4 gigabytes
Monitor
Dual 23" HD Monitors
Use HDMI connectors - not USB for the monitors
Need a video card in the workstation to allow two HDMI monitors to be connected at the same time
Network adapter
NIC - gigabyte
Wireless - N (> 300 MB speed)
Please call me at 888-584-6352 or email me at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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