I plan on getting UPDOX when I return from vacation. I had looked at it, and then concluded it did nothing that my current, cobbled together system with WinFax, Adobe, etc is able to do. HOWEVER UpDox provides a patient portal. That is, it is the device you need to Legally, and HIPPA compliantly send an e_mail to your patient. It appears that it will open faxes, separate the pages, let you label them, (you can see them just by hovering the mouse over them) and then send them to AC or to a coworker or attached to an e-mail, (Hi Frank, here is your CXR, all is well, you can continue smoking).
For us the patient portal and e-mail function is a critical part of having e-visits which we hope to have up this year. The HIPPA compliant e-mail is a critical part of meaningful use in the Advanced Medical Home.
Sounds like the cost is about $35.00 per month, with an additional $10.00 for every 500 FAX/month. (e-mail is free).
If we get it running I will report on it. There was some talk between UpDox and Instant Medical History, they might collaborate on some software to allow the two to plug right in for e-visits in AC. If they did it would be a huge benefit, (don't tell Leslie).
Martin
