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Addiction Treatment Centers and the Lack of Accessibility of Manual Records

Addiction Treatment Centers have a major problem in the sense that there is lack of accessibility of manual records. Only one team member at any one time may access an Addiction Treatment Center's manual records, and those specific records have to be at that specific location. Team members needing access to manual records have to wait until they are available for their use. This in itself is almost prehistoric, and similar to how our public libraries work, albeit they came into existence over 150 years ago!

The lack of accessibility of manual records in Addiction Treatment Centers also contributes to the difficulties in maintaining up to date paper records. This is especially true for current patients, whose paper records will be in transit with said patient to each location of treatment, and it is of course current patient's records whose are of the uppermost importance. Delivering paper records by hand to a patient's temporary location means that they are increasingly likely to be misplaced or even lost. Delayed access to a patient's manual records costs not only time and ever-diminishing resources, but inexcusable mistakes could be made with their treatment.

The reliance of manual records in Addiction Treatment Centers will always mean lack of accessibility to those who need it. This is a serious matter and could ultimately determine how much progress (or not) a patient makes.

The Cloud Based Solution to Accessibility

A cloud based management system, specifically designed for Addiction Treatment Centers, is the solution to this lack of accessibility of patient records.

Cloud based computing is in itself simply the storing and accessing of data and programs over the internet. It is not a time-consuming process with the necessary information being able to be viewed almost instantly. Team members can receive the information they need and the patients can be treated in a more timely manner, which is of great importance where addiction is concerned.

When your Addiction Treatment Center team can create, edit and share documents anywhere, any time, they are able to do more together, and do it better. Updates are made in real time and everyone has full visibility of their collaborations.

If your Addiction Treatment Center is still relying on manual records, it may just be the time to try something more seamless… Find that solution to lack of accessibility!

Contact us at TurnKey I.T Solutions today to find out about our unique cloud based management system, specifically designed with you and your Addiction Treatment Center in mind.

Addiction Treatment Centers are susceptible to lost productivity simply because of the fact that they predominately use manual records. There always will be various inaccuracies when relying on paper records, regardless of what systems you may (think you) have in place.

Searches for misplaced manual records will always waste time, and therefore precious staff costs and resources. In addition, it will always take time for a member of an Addiction Center's team to deliver manual records to a specific location, and there is no getting away from that fact. If manual records are not readily available, those team members responsible for the filing of documentation may have to make several attempts before being able to complete their (supposedly simple) task.

Furthermore there is no flexibility with manual records. Addiction Treatment Centers with manual records cannot sort data fields, so the only option is a manual review. Not only are manual reviews labour intensive, and therefore costly, but inaccuracies can easily occur.

Continuing to use manual records in Addiction Treatment Centers will always result in lost productivity. Worst case scenario - it could potentially be catastrophic if a team member makes a decision on a patient's treatment plan with inadequate information.

The Cloud Based Solution to Lost Productivity

A cloud based management system, specifically designed for Addiction Treatment Centers, is the solution to this lost productivity from the continued use of and reliance on manual records.

Cloud based computing is in itself simply the storing and accessing of data and programs over the internet. Although you will experience some initial costs in implementing a cloud based management system, it will pay for itself over time. In addition, with cloud based computing you pay by monthly subscription, and therefore only pay for what you need and indeed use.

When your Addiction Treatment Center team can create, edit and share documents anywhere, any time, they are able to do more together, and do it better. Updates are made in real time and everyone has full visibility of their collaborations.

If your Addiction Treatment Center is still relying on manual records, it may just be the time to try something more seamless… No records will be lost, no records will be misfiled, lost productivity will be a thing of the past!

Contact us at TurnKey I.T Solutions today to find out about our unique cloud based management system, specifically designed for Addiction Treatment Centers.

Addiction Treatment Centers incur several different costs when using manual records. First and foremost the staff costs associated with the assembly and maintenance of the hard copy works out very costly indeed. In addition, simple duplication of the records require paper and copying supplies as well as the staff costs for copying and distribution.

The amount of storage space required to facilitate an Addiction Treatment Center keeping manual records would be better utilized elsewhere, and that's not to mention the possibility of fire or water damage or even the damage from normal day to day handling!

Lost or missing patient test results can be an absolute nightmare, not only because of the expense incurred in staff repeating the tests, but it can be detrimental to the (vulnerable) patient's overall health and/or well being. You also have to consider the fact that another patient (in need) is losing out from such resources effectively being “thrown away”.

Continuing to use manual records in Addiction Treatment Centers will result in needless expense for all concerned.

The Clever Solution to Manual Records

We are pleased to announce that here at TurnKey I.T Solutions we have developed a very clever cloud based management system, specifically designed for Addiction Treatment Centers, which will eliminate the need for manual records and more importantly reduce costs.

Cloud based computing is in itself simply the storing and accessing of data and programs over the internet. Although you will experience some initial costs in implementing a cloud based management system, the costs of records over time will significantly decrease.

When your Addiction Treatment Center team can create, edit and share documents anywhere, any time, they are able to do more together, and do it better. Updates are made in real time (yes, really!) and everyone has full visibility of their collaborations.

How many minutes and/or hours have your Addiction Treatment Center team lost even just trying to find some records? If your Addiction Treatment Center is still relying on manual records, it may just be the time to try something more seamless… You will not look back!

Contact us at TurnKey I.T Solutions today, to learn about GreenShoots, our Case Management System designed for your Addiction Treatment Centre.

What a world we live in! We, humans, used to love nothing more than to boast about how much something cost, but the Waitrose shoppers amongst us now cannot wait to tell the world about our frequent adventures in Lidl. There are online communities who love nothing better than to tell us that you can get 50 cans of non-brand cola for a couple of quid, and we sicken ourselves guzzling the wretched stuff because it was obviously such a must-have bargain!

Yes, it's great getting a cheap flight with EasyJet, a room for a few nights through Airbnb – and that's fine for a two week holiday. But what about the day-to-day running of our businesses? Are we really making such great savings when one company supplies our Broadband, another one provides our IT Support, another one is in charge of our Client Management Software/IT Consultancy/Phone System/whatever?

When DVDs first came out you could make great savings, buying one here and another somewhere else... and then the Amazon effect! It's a no brainer: Amazon are always there or thereabouts on price, we've already bought from them before so it's a one click ordering process, and the goods arrive the next day! Why go elsewhere?

Another no brainer is having one company providing all your services: Broadband, IT Support, Client Management Software, IT Consultancy, Phone System... everything! The benefits in doing so are as follows:

One point of contact – You instinctively know who to contact, as opposed to hunting for that scrawl which is somewhere on a post-it note.
One company to trust – Liaising with the same team quickly establishes trust. In addition, as we get to know one and other, we are best placed to help your business grow.
One monthly bill – Can you really be bothered juggling a million and one different bills and payment dates?
Support team – Using only one company affords you the luxury of having a support team who understand everything about your organisation (and there's no "blaming" other organisations involved).
Part of your team – We seamlessly become part of your team, working with you towards that same end goal, as opposed to being some unknown random person at the end of the phone.

Remember a bargain is only a bargain if you actually needed it in the first place. It's easy to be upsold many different products from many different providers, none of which actually give us what we want and/or need. We, at TurnKey I.T Solutions, recognise this and in providing you with all your services, specifically tailored to your own exact needs, you can get on with what you do best – your day-to-day business!

Having one company providing all your services is today's only real bargain.

Question: What happens to bubbles? Answer: They always burst.

No matter how high or how far they travel, bubbles will always burst. Will the tech bubble burst, or are we just living in an all-encompassing digital age?

The companies attracting the most (media) attention in recent years all seem to have the same core principle - sharing. Whether it's sharing cars (Uber) or sharing homes (AirBNB) or sharing everything and anything (all social media full stop), every man and his dog are clamouring to invest. What happens when you see a few people standing pointing at the sky? You (almost subconsciously) look up and start pointing too. It's FOMO, the fear of missing out. Where the tech bubble is concerned, it's fear of missing out on that next (let's reach for the stars) $100 billion-plus in value company, that next super-unicorn.

However, we already know that teens have been leaving Facebook in their droves for the ghostly Snapchat or the glorious Instagram. Who can blame them? When was it ever cool to hang out with your parents? But (more importantly and more worrying) what happens when the rest of us decide to stop sharing? We already have many a bride and groom making a stance in not allowing any part of their wedding to be posted on Facebook. Who cares if Facebook is looking to move from video into a future of virtual reality? What is Facebook without sharing? Lots of adverts, but with no one to advertise to. Given the fact that the vast majority of Facebook's current profits are from advertising (over 96%), any such trend could prove catastrophic.

Another fear, FOLE (the fear of losing everything), is always there, lurking in the darkness. We all remember the dotcom bubble; anyone who put a dotcom at the end of their (business) name ended up being showered in money. But the party was short-lived. Lastminute.com has survived, but everyone remembers their share price peaking at 511p before crashing to 80p just a month later.

The difference, this time, is where the money is coming from. It's now the venture capitalist (VC) firms who are taking all the risks (and reaping all the rewards). It doesn't matter whether a company is in negative equity, the VC firms are simply betting on red or on black. Yes, a VC may lose, but they could just as easily win (and win big). The VC firms will carry on life as normal, whether or not the tech bubble bursts. Those who will suffer (and those who are already feeling the pain) are those on the ground: those that have already been priced out of San Francisco's housing market, those taxi drivers losing their livelihoods because of Uber (just like those booksellers tortured by the might of Amazon many moons ago).

Even more significantly is the fact that the super-unicorns have already diversified. (Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google aren't technically super-unicorns because they all started prior to 2003, but we'll include them anyhow). Facebook has already acquired the WhatsApp messaging service and Instagram (which made Kylie Jenner just as big as her most famous sister, Kim Kardashian), is looking at virtual reality (VR) with its Oculus Rift purchase, and also dipping its toes in the artificial intelligence (AI) waters. Google's portfolio includes robotics, VR, their own AI personal assistant GoogleNow, smartwatches and other wearables, android, the chrome browser and operating system (OS), the Internet of Things (IoT) where your fridge knows when you've run out of milk and orders another pint (just like Amazon's Dash buttons), and autonomous cars (as allegedly is Apple). Apple also has its own AI personal assistant Siri. Microsoft has reinvented itself with its numerous services and subscriptions, is embracing open-source software, and (please) take a look at Microsoft's AI personal assistant Cortana; she is almost lifelike. When you start referring to something as "she", you know you are onto a winner. And, last but not least, Microsoft (Azure), Amazon (AWS), and Google (Cloud) all have cloud computing platforms, shaping the way in which we all operate. Watch this space!

Question: What happens to tech bubbles? Answer: It doesn't actually matter whether it's a bubble or not, it's whether you can get in (and get out) quick enough. Whether it's the fear of missing out or the fear of losing everything, the fear factor is massive, and it's only just started...