Bert,
You are correct. I see everything and it is acted upon before it is imported into AC. I actually even do a lot of the importing at the time I review the document, if it does not require any further actions. I can do this from any of the computers in the office or from home using Logmein. And, if I import it, I can have it automatically signed off by me at the time of importing so I don't bog my AC inbox down with a lot of things needing my signature. If I am busy and do not have time to do the importing I simply move the document to the "Ready to Import" folder in Paperport and anyone can then import them when they get a few minutes, just as they would do the paper filing. I can easily move the documents from Paperport to any number of other programs or functions...fax, print, to Word, to Quicken, to email. It works very much like UPDox except it does not directly link to the patient database of AC. That would be a tremendous feature if it would (for free :)) I was out of the office yesterday and using Logmein, and spending just a few minutes online at home, all of the faxes, letters, junk, refills are already taken care of. Things needing doing have been moved into the girls' folders and will be there waiting for them Monday. I use this way more than the email feature of AC. I looked at Acrobat and, except for the security signing feature, I see no advantages to this over Paperport. Also, since the CD came with the printer, there were no limitations on how many computers I could load it on.
Also, if the document has already been imported into AC and I want to email it to the patient, I can "print" it back to the Paperport desktop (by choosing that in my printer options) and then email it from there as an attachment to the patient (or anywhere else). Very useful program.
Leslie
