NEW patients seen per year (estimate for new offices)
500
400
300
200
100
1000
Average $$ cost of ONE new patient chart (include all costs, such as labels, etc.)
10
8
6
4
2
Active patients (DO NOT include NEW patients)
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Number of documents per year each patient signs in your office (i.e. HIPAA, informed consents, Hx History, etc.)
5
4
3
2
10
Average time in minutes it takes to "work" YEARLY with ONE chart (i.e. searching, pulling, filing, re-filing, etc.)
10
8
5
4
3
2
Average salary per hour of staff doing charting. Include insurance and other hidden costs.
16
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
Cost of ONE BOX of paper (5-10 reams per box, 500 pages per ream).
20
30
40
50
60
Estimated yearly cost of printing cartridges, copying, etc.
200
300
400
500
600
Estimated yearly cost of storing charts (shelving, filing cabinets, storage, etc.)
0
100
200
300
400
500
1000
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