Comments on: Seven Great Applications for IP-PBXs in the Medical Practice

By: Bert

Bert — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:01:05 +0000

Excellent post! I think IP-PBXs is the potential replacement of PBXs because it’s less expensive to implement and easier to manage using web-based interfaces. And specifically in case of medical practice there is a great opportunity to combine voice and data by integrating IP-PBXs with electronic health records (EHRs) and practice management systems. One can also consider the Simulation Medical demonstration kits which are the ideal solution for pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies to explain how a new drug/therapy is administered and reduce the potential costs. It is also the perfect tool for medical device companies requiring the ability to demonstrate their products to customers.

By: pbx

pbx — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:57:02 +0000

You know what you are helping to those people who are in a medical field.. Keep on improving it…Goodluck”"”"

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:21:32 +0000

Great article!!!

By: Ravenii

Ravenii — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:25:47 +0000

Good work Neal, made me think why did not I write this!

By: David Bates

David Bates — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:36:58 +0000

We are a medical software/hardware integrater and this sounds like a real opportunity. Does it matter what type of operating system the server is running? All of our clients are on SCO Unix with Windows workstation.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:40 +0000

This Ip pbx system seems great. I work in the medical field and I can see my unit using this

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:34:54 +0000

Sounds like a great system. I especially like the plan to take it into the medical industry. I can really see it working there!

By: excITingIP.com

excITingIP.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:46:10 +0000

Nice article. As the 2nd commenter says, the pop up can be done by integrating Asterisk with a CRM package like Sugar CRM and entering the patient details in them. Of course, the CRM package needs to be customized for hospital applications, for it to be effective. The main advantage of IP fax is the ability of a user to right click the softcopy of the document he wants to fax and select 'IP fax' (or something like that) so that the fax would directly go to the Multi-Function printer and would be faxed to the other end (either in IP format, which can be received in soft copy as well or in analog format which is printed out in the analog fax machine). You might like to read this article where I have written in detail about IP faxing. The other things you mentioned is also possible with customization of the IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Dialler (for automatically dialling out) and voice mail systems. Another interesting application would be integration of Google Maps with Asterisk (or any IP PBX) to locate the place of the callers in case of emergencies. Since you write a lot about medical applications, why don't we work together for an article on the Tele-medicine system/ applications using IP Video Conferencing systems? excITingIP.com

By: Dan Deakin

Dan Deakin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:33:57 +0000

Wonderful post – I love the use of Open Source Software in the process. Nice linkage to the workflows in the descriptions.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:16:57 +0000

Hello,

I have already developed/tested/implemented the solution for appointment calls with Asterisk. http://www.ontime1405.com for details. Completely hosted Asterisk system with option for manual entry or to import appointments to a database from .csv