Practice Management Software For Your SuccessBy: M.A. Luke

Sarah was hardly ever late getting to work, but today she was late by nine minutes. Since she woke up she had had one disaster after another and her day was not going well. She had a very mean boss named Dr. Dobson. He hated it when his employees were late. The last time she was late she almost lost her job. If she didn't need the job so bad and if he didn't pay her so well she would just quit. Maybe he would fire her today and she wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. Another reason that Sarah decided to stay with Dr. Dobson's practice was because of the new physician practice management system he had installed. He was a very organized man and installed medical practice management software in his practice. This allowed Sarah to easily keep track of all the patients' appointment and billing information. She loved it. Not only did his practice have that, but they also had electronic medical records. Now she didn't have to search for hours to find a patient's medical history but could do that with a few clicks of her mouse.Sarah often thought to herself how weird it was that Dr. Dobson didn't actually make sick people better. Instead of this he would make a healthy person more healthy. She didn't understand his practice very well but it was a high paying job for her and she never dared question him in his work. He also made sure all workers in his office were healthy. She thought doctors would want to see people that were sick and needed them. That is exactly what all practicing physicians did/, except Dr. Dobson. He even insisted that the healthiest ones come back for check-ups. If they had nothing wrong, he would give them their services free of charge. As she walked into the office, she noticed right away things were not normal. The usual proper and subdued doctor was dancing around laughing and talking. She thought he must have won the billion dollar lottery."Did you hear?" he asked. "They found one. I knew they would. Oh this is so thrilling. I will have to move up my completion date. Oh, not to worry we are almost ready anyway.""What in the world is he talking about? Have they found a cure for some terrible disease?" she thought, "and he hasn't said something about not being on time.""Alright," He laughed, "I need an emr on each of my top candidates. Here they are," he said, as he handed a list of names to her. "I want them sent to the email address at the bottom of the list. They must be sent now for this to work."She glanced at the first few names on list, and thought, "These are the healthiest patients the doctor has ever seen. This list was full of patients she remembered because Dr. Dobson often had them coming in for an examination and treated them better than other patients. She went right to work retrieving the files from the emr software through his emr system and prepared to send them. "Never mind sending those files," the doctor yelled, "I just remembered they can just access them from their laboratory. Oh, I am so excited. I forgot how user friendly these electronic medical records are."Sarah was perplexed. She wondered what was going on. He appeared to be in a very good mood so she decided to ask."Dr. Dobson," Sarah began, "What is the big deal?""Sarah, you haven't heard? This is the most important find in all human history. Scientists have discovered a planet that is like the earth. They are sure humans can live there. Now we can send some to start a new colony. We are saved. You know our planet is dying. All the pollution and global warming has taken its toll. Now we can send a few choice and healthy people to another planet to keep our race alive."Sarah got an uneasy feeling. This was just too weird to be true."Sarah, use the medical practice management system and find the addresses and phone numbers of the people on the list. We are going to pick everyone up tonight and we need to contact them." Sarah was stunned. She asked, "Do they know they have been chosen to colonize a new planet? Do you think they will come if you just call them?""What a question, Sarah! They most certainly will. I know they will." he replied. "Well I certainly wouldn't want to go!" thought Sarah as she continued to look down the list. Then she saw it right after Terry Gilmore, her name, Sarah Williams. She passed out. When she woke it was dark and everything was quiet. She turned on the light and looked around. Everything was gone. The office had been stripped clean of all its furnishings. She found a note by her side.It read: Sarah, we had to leave you behind, sorry but you must not be as healthy as we thought. We can't take chances with this special project. Please see a doctor about your fainting spell, Sincerely Dobson.Sarah let out a sigh of relief.