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Tim,

It is funny how you describe being pulled back into this setup. I myself

tried hard not to copy Gwen, but in the end I couldn't help it!! Here are a

few more AC/ phone/fax/ slightly Rochester specific comments:

Voicemail- no matter what electronic voicemail system you have set up,

spend $20 on a digital answering machine you can turn on and off between

patient visits that has a message " I am currently with a patient....bla bla "

You can check these messages much quicker than by email attachment.

DSL vs Cable- DSL was Much cheaper, and added the bonus of the land phone

line. It has worked flawlessly for me so far.

VOIP- My experience has been excellent. I pre-tested it thouroughly. Even

if the computer goes down, Patients can leave voice mails, I can forward

the number to a working land line, and I can check messages all from my cell

phone.

Onebox faxing- Those first 100 included fax pages go fast! A one page lab

report comes to me as a 4 page fax (cover sheet, practice info...etc) You

will need to experience onebox outgoing faxing yourself. Get your trial set

up and check it out. Amazing charts syncs much better with a phone line in

your computer modem and using windows fax wizard. (for about another $20 a

month I could get a second VOIP line for outgoing faxes which is what I

would do if I were using cable instead of DSL).

My Cost breakdown-

-Frontier land line and DSL (covers all outgoing faxes)- $65/month

-Call Vantage VOIP (unlimited local and long distance)- $34/month

-Onebox (incoming faxes)- $15-$20/month

-Sprint PCS Treo phone plan with unlimited data downloads- $76/month

-Amazing charts with offsite backup $750/12m= $62/month

-Rent (150 square feet in PT office)- $400/month

-MedMal(something like $2500/year with new doc discount)= $208/month

-Total fixed expenses of medical practice (first year)- $865/month

-Being the cheapest guy I know- PRICELESS!

I hope this does not seem like I am trying to brag about my costs. This is

actually the first time I sat down and calculated the numbers. Hope this

helps.

phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though I

suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the

office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my monthly

minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money to pay

for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number -- benefit is

having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/faxes.

With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing return

calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone minutes.

Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call back to

it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to leave a

message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office " would

be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get upgrades, etc

after year one). Not bad I think.

There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along, it

seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson mode

(been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

back!).

It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas and

for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on track

and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this group.

Tim

> Tim,

> My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I started

> out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

> anyway.

> Now I use this combo:

> -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

> -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email

> account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and

> it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

> I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>

>

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Tim,

It is funny how you describe being pulled back into this setup. I myself

tried hard not to copy Gwen, but in the end I couldn't help it!! Here are a

few more AC/ phone/fax/ slightly Rochester specific comments:

Voicemail- no matter what electronic voicemail system you have set up,

spend $20 on a digital answering machine you can turn on and off between

patient visits that has a message " I am currently with a patient....bla bla "

You can check these messages much quicker than by email attachment.

DSL vs Cable- DSL was Much cheaper, and added the bonus of the land phone

line. It has worked flawlessly for me so far.

VOIP- My experience has been excellent. I pre-tested it thouroughly. Even

if the computer goes down, Patients can leave voice mails, I can forward

the number to a working land line, and I can check messages all from my cell

phone.

Onebox faxing- Those first 100 included fax pages go fast! A one page lab

report comes to me as a 4 page fax (cover sheet, practice info...etc) You

will need to experience onebox outgoing faxing yourself. Get your trial set

up and check it out. Amazing charts syncs much better with a phone line in

your computer modem and using windows fax wizard. (for about another $20 a

month I could get a second VOIP line for outgoing faxes which is what I

would do if I were using cable instead of DSL).

My Cost breakdown-

-Frontier land line and DSL (covers all outgoing faxes)- $65/month

-Call Vantage VOIP (unlimited local and long distance)- $34/month

-Onebox (incoming faxes)- $15-$20/month

-Sprint PCS Treo phone plan with unlimited data downloads- $76/month

-Amazing charts with offsite backup $750/12m= $62/month

-Rent (150 square feet in PT office)- $400/month

-MedMal(something like $2500/year with new doc discount)= $208/month

-Total fixed expenses of medical practice (first year)- $865/month

-Being the cheapest guy I know- PRICELESS!

I hope this does not seem like I am trying to brag about my costs. This is

actually the first time I sat down and calculated the numbers. Hope this

helps.

phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though I

suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the

office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my monthly

minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money to pay

for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number -- benefit is

having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/faxes.

With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing return

calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone minutes.

Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call back to

it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to leave a

message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office " would

be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get upgrades, etc

after year one). Not bad I think.

There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along, it

seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson mode

(been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

back!).

It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas and

for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on track

and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this group.

Tim

> Tim,

> My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I started

> out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

> anyway.

> Now I use this combo:

> -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

> -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email

> account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and

> it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

> I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>

>

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Tim,Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to. Seto Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though I suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-) It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of about $12/month for business line.  That would allow me to cut my monthly minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money to pay for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number -- benefit is having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/faxes. With this configuration, my "working office" would be my EMR (AC), Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth.  Then, for outgoing return calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone minutes. Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call back to it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to leave a message (thru OneBox).  Monthly cost for the whole "working office" would be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get upgrades, etc after year one).  Not bad I think. There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along, it seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson mode (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps "pulling" me back!). It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas and for participating in this whole discussion group.  I'm five and a half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on track and ready to make it work from the get-go.  Without all of you and the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost. I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this group. Tim > Tim, > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any > service until you know what works practically for your setup.  I started > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and > outbound faxing.  I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks > involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated.  I > then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet > access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line > anyway. > Now I use this combo: > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access) > -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more > conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem) > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email > account).  I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and >       it costs about the same as other internet faxing services > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service. > There are a lot of ways to skin a cat!  Hope this helps.  > >

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Tim,Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to. Seto Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though I suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-) It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of about $12/month for business line.  That would allow me to cut my monthly minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money to pay for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number -- benefit is having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/faxes. With this configuration, my "working office" would be my EMR (AC), Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth.  Then, for outgoing return calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone minutes. Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call back to it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to leave a message (thru OneBox).  Monthly cost for the whole "working office" would be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get upgrades, etc after year one).  Not bad I think. There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along, it seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson mode (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps "pulling" me back!). It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas and for participating in this whole discussion group.  I'm five and a half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on track and ready to make it work from the get-go.  Without all of you and the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost. I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this group. Tim > Tim, > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any > service until you know what works practically for your setup.  I started > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and > outbound faxing.  I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks > involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated.  I > then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet > access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line > anyway. > Now I use this combo: > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access) > -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more > conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem) > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email > account).  I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and >       it costs about the same as other internet faxing services > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service. > There are a lot of ways to skin a cat!  Hope this helps.  > >

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Yeah, I'll try the Onebox for the next week or so... and I'm emailing a

few patients who have stated they are coming with me and asking them to

try it and give feedback. That will include 2-3 Deaf patients who can try

to call through the relay service or video relay. It'll be interesting to

see what they think.

About the faxes, I'd consider the executive onebox account... $29 and it

includes 2000 mins or fax pages a month.

About the VOIP and answering machine -- I've got to respect your thoughts

as that set-up is working with you. But I'm not sure if they are part of

my " cat-skinning " . If I have a landline and a cell phone, I'm not sure

how much I'll benefit from the VOIP since long distance calling shouldn't

be too common (though I guess I'll have to add a basic long distance

account into the math). And though the machine must be faster than VM

through email, I have a strong urge to TRY to streamline and not have too

much redundancy (something I'm finding hard not to do ... example of

having three potential free websites available!).

This reminds me of what my 13yo daughter likes to say recently whenever

I'm thinking out loud about the office and plans / options ... " I didn't

know so much went into setting up an office. " She then smiles and I

remember why I'm putting in all this work... ;-)

Tim

> Tim,

> It is funny how you describe being pulled back into this setup. I

> myself tried hard not to copy Gwen, but in the end I couldn't help it!!

> Here are a few more AC/ phone/fax/ slightly Rochester specific comments:

>

> Voicemail- no matter what electronic voicemail system you have set up,

> spend $20 on a digital answering machine you can turn on and off between

> patient visits that has a message " I am currently with a patient....bla

> bla " You can check these messages much quicker than by email attachment.

>

> DSL vs Cable- DSL was Much cheaper, and added the bonus of the land

> phone line. It has worked flawlessly for me so far.

>

> VOIP- My experience has been excellent. I pre-tested it thouroughly.

> Even if the computer goes down, Patients can leave voice mails, I can

> forward the number to a working land line, and I can check messages all

> from my cell phone.

>

> Onebox faxing- Those first 100 included fax pages go fast! A one page

> lab report comes to me as a 4 page fax (cover sheet, practice

> info...etc) You will need to experience onebox outgoing faxing

> yourself. Get your trial set up and check it out. Amazing charts syncs

> much better with a phone line in your computer modem and using windows

> fax wizard. (for about another $20 a month I could get a second VOIP

> line for outgoing faxes which is what I would do if I were using cable

> instead of DSL).

>

> My Cost breakdown-

> -Frontier land line and DSL (covers all outgoing faxes)- $65/month -Call

> Vantage VOIP (unlimited local and long distance)- $34/month

> -Onebox (incoming faxes)- $15-$20/month

> -Sprint PCS Treo phone plan with unlimited data downloads- $76/month

> -Amazing charts with offsite backup $750/12m= $62/month

> -Rent (150 square feet in PT office)- $400/month

> -MedMal(something like $2500/year with new doc discount)= $208/month

> -Total fixed expenses of medical practice (first year)- $865/month

> -Being the cheapest guy I know- PRICELESS!

> I hope this does not seem like I am trying to brag about my costs. This

> is actually the first time I sat down and calculated the numbers. Hope

> this helps.

>

>

>

> phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though

> I suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>

> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the

> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

> monthly minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the

> money to pay for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I

> could still integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number

> -- benefit is having the single location (my email through OneBox) for

> email/vm/faxes.

>

> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing return

> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

> minutes. Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and

> call back to it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different

> number to leave a message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole

> " working office " would be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only

> $500/year to get upgrades, etc after year one). Not bad I think.

>

> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along,

> it seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson

> mode (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

> me back!).

>

> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas

> and for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

> track and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>

> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

> group. Tim

>

>

>> Tim,

>> My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>> started out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound

>> and outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me to

>> get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a

>> phone line anyway.

>> Now I use this combo:

>> -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>> -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email

>> account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and

>> it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>> I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>

>>

>

>

>

>

>

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Yeah, I'll try the Onebox for the next week or so... and I'm emailing a

few patients who have stated they are coming with me and asking them to

try it and give feedback. That will include 2-3 Deaf patients who can try

to call through the relay service or video relay. It'll be interesting to

see what they think.

About the faxes, I'd consider the executive onebox account... $29 and it

includes 2000 mins or fax pages a month.

About the VOIP and answering machine -- I've got to respect your thoughts

as that set-up is working with you. But I'm not sure if they are part of

my " cat-skinning " . If I have a landline and a cell phone, I'm not sure

how much I'll benefit from the VOIP since long distance calling shouldn't

be too common (though I guess I'll have to add a basic long distance

account into the math). And though the machine must be faster than VM

through email, I have a strong urge to TRY to streamline and not have too

much redundancy (something I'm finding hard not to do ... example of

having three potential free websites available!).

This reminds me of what my 13yo daughter likes to say recently whenever

I'm thinking out loud about the office and plans / options ... " I didn't

know so much went into setting up an office. " She then smiles and I

remember why I'm putting in all this work... ;-)

Tim

> Tim,

> It is funny how you describe being pulled back into this setup. I

> myself tried hard not to copy Gwen, but in the end I couldn't help it!!

> Here are a few more AC/ phone/fax/ slightly Rochester specific comments:

>

> Voicemail- no matter what electronic voicemail system you have set up,

> spend $20 on a digital answering machine you can turn on and off between

> patient visits that has a message " I am currently with a patient....bla

> bla " You can check these messages much quicker than by email attachment.

>

> DSL vs Cable- DSL was Much cheaper, and added the bonus of the land

> phone line. It has worked flawlessly for me so far.

>

> VOIP- My experience has been excellent. I pre-tested it thouroughly.

> Even if the computer goes down, Patients can leave voice mails, I can

> forward the number to a working land line, and I can check messages all

> from my cell phone.

>

> Onebox faxing- Those first 100 included fax pages go fast! A one page

> lab report comes to me as a 4 page fax (cover sheet, practice

> info...etc) You will need to experience onebox outgoing faxing

> yourself. Get your trial set up and check it out. Amazing charts syncs

> much better with a phone line in your computer modem and using windows

> fax wizard. (for about another $20 a month I could get a second VOIP

> line for outgoing faxes which is what I would do if I were using cable

> instead of DSL).

>

> My Cost breakdown-

> -Frontier land line and DSL (covers all outgoing faxes)- $65/month -Call

> Vantage VOIP (unlimited local and long distance)- $34/month

> -Onebox (incoming faxes)- $15-$20/month

> -Sprint PCS Treo phone plan with unlimited data downloads- $76/month

> -Amazing charts with offsite backup $750/12m= $62/month

> -Rent (150 square feet in PT office)- $400/month

> -MedMal(something like $2500/year with new doc discount)= $208/month

> -Total fixed expenses of medical practice (first year)- $865/month

> -Being the cheapest guy I know- PRICELESS!

> I hope this does not seem like I am trying to brag about my costs. This

> is actually the first time I sat down and calculated the numbers. Hope

> this helps.

>

>

>

> phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even though

> I suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>

> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into the

> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

> monthly minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the

> money to pay for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I

> could still integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number

> -- benefit is having the single location (my email through OneBox) for

> email/vm/faxes.

>

> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing return

> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

> minutes. Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and

> call back to it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different

> number to leave a message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole

> " working office " would be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only

> $500/year to get upgrades, etc after year one). Not bad I think.

>

> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go along,

> it seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/ Clemenson

> mode (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

> me back!).

>

> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the ideas

> and for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

> track and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>

> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

> group. Tim

>

>

>> Tim,

>> My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>> started out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound

>> and outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me to

>> get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a

>> phone line anyway.

>> Now I use this combo:

>> -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>> -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my email

>> account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features, and

>> it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>> I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>

>>

>

>

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Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

Tim

> Tim,

> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>

> Seto

>

>

>

>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>> though I

>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>

>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>> the

>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>> monthly

>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>> to pay

>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>> benefit is

>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>> faxes.

>>

>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>> return

>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>> minutes.

>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>> back to

>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>> leave a

>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>> would

>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>> upgrades, etc

>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>

>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>> along, it

>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>> Clemenson mode

>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>> back!).

>>

>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>> ideas and

>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>> track

>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>

>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>> group.

>> Tim

>>

>>

>> > Tim,

>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>> started

>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>> anyway.

>> > Now I use this combo:

>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>> email

>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>> and

>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>> >

>> >

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

Tim

> Tim,

> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>

> Seto

>

>

>

>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>> though I

>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>

>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>> the

>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>> monthly

>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>> to pay

>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>> benefit is

>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>> faxes.

>>

>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>> return

>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>> minutes.

>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>> back to

>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>> leave a

>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>> would

>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>> upgrades, etc

>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>

>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>> along, it

>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>> Clemenson mode

>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>> back!).

>>

>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>> ideas and

>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>> track

>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>

>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>> group.

>> Tim

>>

>>

>> > Tim,

>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>> started

>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>> anyway.

>> > Now I use this combo:

>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>> email

>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>> and

>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>> >

>> >

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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Tim,

I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

don't have free outgoing calls.

How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly buy

a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 ( it is a

brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to show me it one

of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG you bought and can

you come by next week to show me how it works and if you like it?

Thanks

lee

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

> save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

> idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

> the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

> Tim

>

>> Tim,

>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>

>> Seto

>>

>>

>>

>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>> though I

>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>

>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>>> the

>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>> monthly

>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>> to pay

>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>> benefit is

>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>> faxes.

>>>

>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>> return

>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>> minutes.

>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>> back to

>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>> leave a

>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>> would

>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>> upgrades, etc

>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>

>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>> along, it

>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>> Clemenson mode

>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>> back!).

>>>

>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>> ideas and

>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>>> track

>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>

>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>> group.

>>> Tim

>>>

>>>

>>> > Tim,

>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>> started

>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>> anyway.

>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>> email

>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>> and

>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>> >

>>> >

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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Tim,

I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

don't have free outgoing calls.

How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly buy

a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 ( it is a

brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to show me it one

of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG you bought and can

you come by next week to show me how it works and if you like it?

Thanks

lee

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

> save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

> idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

> the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

> Tim

>

>> Tim,

>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>

>> Seto

>>

>>

>>

>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>> though I

>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>

>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>>> the

>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>> monthly

>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>> to pay

>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>> benefit is

>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>> faxes.

>>>

>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>> return

>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>> minutes.

>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>> back to

>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>> leave a

>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>> would

>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>> upgrades, etc

>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>

>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>> along, it

>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>> Clemenson mode

>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>> back!).

>>>

>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>> ideas and

>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>>> track

>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>

>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>> group.

>>> Tim

>>>

>>>

>>> > Tim,

>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>> started

>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>> anyway.

>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>> email

>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>> and

>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>> >

>>> >

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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Yes, the devil's in the details.

Not long after the initial epiphany (at about 7am) I remembered about the

likely charges for outgoing calls for business lines. Thus I do need to

calculate what will add up. And then I'll consider the value of

convenience and streamlining ... and of course what will work for patients

when it comes to phones/communication.

About the Welch-Allyn, I don't have the final price but it might be

bundled with other equipment from Welch-Allyn including spirometer and AED

(because I want my patients to be at least as safe in my office as in a

supermarket if they have sudden cardiac arrest... it's like an insurance

policy -- I'll buy it and hope to never need it!), and perhaps the ear wax

flush (especially convenient for Deaf with hearing aids). But I do think

the relative price will be more than $1500, I'd guess more like $2500.

So , while none of us can take your title of " cheapest guy in town, "

what was the $1500 model you got?

Tim

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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Yes, the devil's in the details.

Not long after the initial epiphany (at about 7am) I remembered about the

likely charges for outgoing calls for business lines. Thus I do need to

calculate what will add up. And then I'll consider the value of

convenience and streamlining ... and of course what will work for patients

when it comes to phones/communication.

About the Welch-Allyn, I don't have the final price but it might be

bundled with other equipment from Welch-Allyn including spirometer and AED

(because I want my patients to be at least as safe in my office as in a

supermarket if they have sudden cardiac arrest... it's like an insurance

policy -- I'll buy it and hope to never need it!), and perhaps the ear wax

flush (especially convenient for Deaf with hearing aids). But I do think

the relative price will be more than $1500, I'd guess more like $2500.

So , while none of us can take your title of " cheapest guy in town, "

what was the $1500 model you got?

Tim

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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Yes, the devil's in the details.

Not long after the initial epiphany (at about 7am) I remembered about the

likely charges for outgoing calls for business lines. Thus I do need to

calculate what will add up. And then I'll consider the value of

convenience and streamlining ... and of course what will work for patients

when it comes to phones/communication.

About the Welch-Allyn, I don't have the final price but it might be

bundled with other equipment from Welch-Allyn including spirometer and AED

(because I want my patients to be at least as safe in my office as in a

supermarket if they have sudden cardiac arrest... it's like an insurance

policy -- I'll buy it and hope to never need it!), and perhaps the ear wax

flush (especially convenient for Deaf with hearing aids). But I do think

the relative price will be more than $1500, I'd guess more like $2500.

So , while none of us can take your title of " cheapest guy in town, "

what was the $1500 model you got?

Tim

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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GAD! I completely forgot to mention it! Tim has me too busy thinking about

phones! I just got my EKG from Pulse Biometrics. It is a fully

interpretative PC EKG for about $1700. the non-interpretive version runs

$1500. I got it from a company called stork medical:

http://storkmedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD & Store_Code=SM & Pro

duct_Code=68Q0 & Category_Code=PCECG

This unit is called the QRS Card by Pulse Biometrics, not to be confused

with another company called QRS diagnostics that makes a similar 3K version.

After a long talk with the guy at Stork, he explained that the QRS card is

priced so much cheaper, because they are trying to market their new

Bluetooth version at a price comparable with Welch Allyn and Burdick. Here

is the pulse biometric website: http://www.qrscard.com/html/index.htm

I actually had a very hard time finding it on the web. I thought Stork was

selling an older version of the QRS diagnostics PC EKG. I got it set up a

couple of days ago and have already done about 5 EKG's! So far it works

great! It connects via USB, so it can easily swap between a laptop and a

desktop. You can actually download the software from the Pulse biometric

site and check it out in Demo mode. I have not yet figured out all of the

features, but it seems to have more than I know what to deal with! If

anyone is interested in the Rochester Area, I will be up next Thursday

afternoon and would be happy to bring it up on my laptop for a demo. By the

way, I couldn't get any of the local rep guys to get me any info on this at

all. Seems like all they know is Burdick and Welch Allyn. Hope this helps.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

Tim,

I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

don't have free outgoing calls.

How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly buy

a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 ( it is a

brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to show me it one

of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG you bought and can

you come by next week to show me how it works and if you like it?

Thanks

lee

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

> save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

> idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

> the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

> Tim

>

>> Tim,

>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>

>> Seto

>>

>>

>>

>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>> though I

>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>

>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>>> the

>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>> monthly

>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>> to pay

>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>> benefit is

>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>> faxes.

>>>

>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>> return

>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>> minutes.

>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>> back to

>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>> leave a

>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>> would

>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>> upgrades, etc

>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>

>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>> along, it

>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>> Clemenson mode

>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>> back!).

>>>

>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>> ideas and

>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>>> track

>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>

>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>> group.

>>> Tim

>>>

>>>

>>> > Tim,

>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>> started

>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>> anyway.

>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>> email

>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>> and

>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>> >

>>> >

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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GAD! I completely forgot to mention it! Tim has me too busy thinking about

phones! I just got my EKG from Pulse Biometrics. It is a fully

interpretative PC EKG for about $1700. the non-interpretive version runs

$1500. I got it from a company called stork medical:

http://storkmedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD & Store_Code=SM & Pro

duct_Code=68Q0 & Category_Code=PCECG

This unit is called the QRS Card by Pulse Biometrics, not to be confused

with another company called QRS diagnostics that makes a similar 3K version.

After a long talk with the guy at Stork, he explained that the QRS card is

priced so much cheaper, because they are trying to market their new

Bluetooth version at a price comparable with Welch Allyn and Burdick. Here

is the pulse biometric website: http://www.qrscard.com/html/index.htm

I actually had a very hard time finding it on the web. I thought Stork was

selling an older version of the QRS diagnostics PC EKG. I got it set up a

couple of days ago and have already done about 5 EKG's! So far it works

great! It connects via USB, so it can easily swap between a laptop and a

desktop. You can actually download the software from the Pulse biometric

site and check it out in Demo mode. I have not yet figured out all of the

features, but it seems to have more than I know what to deal with! If

anyone is interested in the Rochester Area, I will be up next Thursday

afternoon and would be happy to bring it up on my laptop for a demo. By the

way, I couldn't get any of the local rep guys to get me any info on this at

all. Seems like all they know is Burdick and Welch Allyn. Hope this helps.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

Tim,

I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

don't have free outgoing calls.

How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly buy

a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 ( it is a

brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to show me it one

of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG you bought and can

you come by next week to show me how it works and if you like it?

Thanks

lee

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it would

> save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it doesn't, your

> idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on a prn basis, and

> the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call their local doc.

> Tim

>

>> Tim,

>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>

>> Seto

>>

>>

>>

>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>> though I

>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>

>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come into

>>> the

>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price of

>>> about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>> monthly

>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>> to pay

>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>> benefit is

>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>> faxes.

>>>

>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>> return

>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>> minutes.

>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>> back to

>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>> leave a

>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>> would

>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>> upgrades, etc

>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>

>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>> along, it

>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>> Clemenson mode

>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>> back!).

>>>

>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>> ideas and

>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a half

>>> weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right on

>>> track

>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and the

>>> opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>

>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>> group.

>>> Tim

>>>

>>>

>>> > Tim,

>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with any

>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>> started

>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>> anyway.

>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>> email

>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>> and

>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem service.

>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>> >

>>> >

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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I guess the reps basically live in a " you scratch my back, I'll scratch

yours " -world. So if a company doesn't have a rep in the area ... there

won't be enough scratching going on!

To get a rep to help you find anything like you describe I'd guess you'd

have to have a good relationship already and he/she would likely want to

know you'd be doing more business later.

But thanks for that info.

About Thursday, I'll be in the office all day and likely done with

patients at about 5:30. Are you willing/able to come over to show the

program? Let me know - email, or page 306-3820 (for three weeks more

only!).

Thanks

Tim

> GAD! I completely forgot to mention it! Tim has me too busy thinking

> about phones! I just got my EKG from Pulse Biometrics. It is a fully

> interpretative PC EKG for about $1700. the non-interpretive version

> runs $1500. I got it from a company called stork medical:

> http://storkmedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD & Store_Code=SM & Pro

> duct_Code=68Q0 & Category_Code=PCECG

> This unit is called the QRS Card by Pulse Biometrics, not to be confused

> with another company called QRS diagnostics that makes a similar 3K

> version. After a long talk with the guy at Stork, he explained that the

> QRS card is priced so much cheaper, because they are trying to market

> their new Bluetooth version at a price comparable with Welch Allyn and

> Burdick. Here is the pulse biometric website:

> http://www.qrscard.com/html/index.htm I actually had a very hard time

> finding it on the web. I thought Stork was selling an older version of

> the QRS diagnostics PC EKG. I got it set up a couple of days ago and

> have already done about 5 EKG's! So far it works great! It connects

> via USB, so it can easily swap between a laptop and a desktop. You can

> actually download the software from the Pulse biometric site and check

> it out in Demo mode. I have not yet figured out all of the features,

> but it seems to have more than I know what to deal with! If anyone is

> interested in the Rochester Area, I will be up next Thursday afternoon

> and would be happy to bring it up on my laptop for a demo. By the way,

> I couldn't get any of the local rep guys to get me any info on this at

> all. Seems like all they know is Burdick and Welch Allyn. Hope this

> helps.

>

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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I guess the reps basically live in a " you scratch my back, I'll scratch

yours " -world. So if a company doesn't have a rep in the area ... there

won't be enough scratching going on!

To get a rep to help you find anything like you describe I'd guess you'd

have to have a good relationship already and he/she would likely want to

know you'd be doing more business later.

But thanks for that info.

About Thursday, I'll be in the office all day and likely done with

patients at about 5:30. Are you willing/able to come over to show the

program? Let me know - email, or page 306-3820 (for three weeks more

only!).

Thanks

Tim

> GAD! I completely forgot to mention it! Tim has me too busy thinking

> about phones! I just got my EKG from Pulse Biometrics. It is a fully

> interpretative PC EKG for about $1700. the non-interpretive version

> runs $1500. I got it from a company called stork medical:

> http://storkmedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD & Store_Code=SM & Pro

> duct_Code=68Q0 & Category_Code=PCECG

> This unit is called the QRS Card by Pulse Biometrics, not to be confused

> with another company called QRS diagnostics that makes a similar 3K

> version. After a long talk with the guy at Stork, he explained that the

> QRS card is priced so much cheaper, because they are trying to market

> their new Bluetooth version at a price comparable with Welch Allyn and

> Burdick. Here is the pulse biometric website:

> http://www.qrscard.com/html/index.htm I actually had a very hard time

> finding it on the web. I thought Stork was selling an older version of

> the QRS diagnostics PC EKG. I got it set up a couple of days ago and

> have already done about 5 EKG's! So far it works great! It connects

> via USB, so it can easily swap between a laptop and a desktop. You can

> actually download the software from the Pulse biometric site and check

> it out in Demo mode. I have not yet figured out all of the features,

> but it seems to have more than I know what to deal with! If anyone is

> interested in the Rochester Area, I will be up next Thursday afternoon

> and would be happy to bring it up on my laptop for a demo. By the way,

> I couldn't get any of the local rep guys to get me any info on this at

> all. Seems like all they know is Burdick and Welch Allyn. Hope this

> helps.

>

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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Tim, I will be seeing patients at Family Medicine (777 South Clinton)

Thursday afternoon then precepting the evening session from 6-9. I will

bring the EKG on my laptop if you want to come by when you are done. Invite

is open to anyone to , Gordon, anyone else interested.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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Tim, I will be seeing patients at Family Medicine (777 South Clinton)

Thursday afternoon then precepting the evening session from 6-9. I will

bring the EKG on my laptop if you want to come by when you are done. Invite

is open to anyone to , Gordon, anyone else interested.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

> Tim,

> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call. I

>

> don't have free outgoing calls.

>

> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to possibly

> buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive for 1500 (

> it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he was going to

> show me it one of these days. ... What was the name of the EKG

> you bought and can you come by next week to show me how it works and if

> you like it?

>

> Thanks

>

> lee

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>

>

>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>> their local doc. Tim

>>

>>> Tim,

>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>

>>> Seto

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>> though I

>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>

>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>> into the

>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>> monthly

>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>> to pay

>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>> benefit is

>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>> faxes.

>>>>

>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>> return

>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>> minutes.

>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>> back to

>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>> leave a

>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>> would

>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>

>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>> along, it

>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>> back!).

>>>>

>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>> ideas and

>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>> on track

>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>

>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>> group.

>>>> Tim

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> > Tim,

>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>> any

>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>> started

>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>> anyway.

>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>> email

>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>> and

>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>> service.

>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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Can you come by my office before you go to your precepting at Family

medicine? I will be in the office most of the day, but leave late afternoon

and have to get home to get my kids off to their activities. Just let me

know a time, and I will block it out to see you. Or.... if you want me to

go over to the Family medicine place, just let me know the time that I can

come( has to be before 5pm)

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>>> their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>>> monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>>> back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>>> on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>>> anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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Can you come by my office before you go to your precepting at Family

medicine? I will be in the office most of the day, but leave late afternoon

and have to get home to get my kids off to their activities. Just let me

know a time, and I will block it out to see you. Or.... if you want me to

go over to the Family medicine place, just let me know the time that I can

come( has to be before 5pm)

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox on

>>> a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to call

>>> their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut my

>>>>> monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling " me

>>>>> back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm right

>>>>> on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few clicks

>>>>> involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of frustrated. I

>>>>> then found out that the most economical way for me to get internet

>>>>> access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I needed a phone line

>>>>> anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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Excellent, see you there.

Can't wait to see the EKG

Tim

> Tim, I will be seeing patients at Family Medicine (777 South Clinton)

> Thursday afternoon then precepting the evening session from 6-9. I will

> bring the EKG on my laptop if you want to come by when you are done.

> Invite is open to anyone to , Gordon, anyone else interested.

>

>

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>> Tim,

>> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call.

>> I

>>

>> don't have free outgoing calls.

>>

>> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to

>> possibly buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive

>> for 1500 ( it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he

>> was going to show me it one of these days. ... What was the

>> name of the EKG you bought and can you come by next week to show me

>> how it works and if you like it?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> lee

>> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox

>>> on a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to

>>> call their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut

>>>>> my monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

>>>>> me back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm

>>>>> right on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>>>>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>>>>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me

>>>>> to get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I

>>>>> needed a phone line anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet

>>>>> access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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Excellent, see you there.

Can't wait to see the EKG

Tim

> Tim, I will be seeing patients at Family Medicine (777 South Clinton)

> Thursday afternoon then precepting the evening session from 6-9. I will

> bring the EKG on my laptop if you want to come by when you are done.

> Invite is open to anyone to , Gordon, anyone else interested.

>

>

> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>> Tim,

>> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call.

>> I

>>

>> don't have free outgoing calls.

>>

>> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to

>> possibly buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive

>> for 1500 ( it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he

>> was going to show me it one of these days. ... What was the

>> name of the EKG you bought and can you come by next week to show me

>> how it works and if you like it?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> lee

>> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox

>>> on a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to

>>> call their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut

>>>>> my monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

>>>>> me back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm

>>>>> right on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>>>>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>>>>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me

>>>>> to get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I

>>>>> needed a phone line anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet

>>>>> access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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It will be tough for me to run over to your office. I usually get to Family

Medicine around 2pm after finishing up in Canandaiuga by about 1. I run a

procedure clinic with a resident until 5 that sometimes goes late. I can

set up the EKG in the precepting room and you can come by any time and play

with it all you want. I will be on Suite 400. You can give me a call on my

cell phone 802-9887 when you get there and I will come and get you in the

lobby. Just give me a ballpark time when you think you might come by.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>> Tim,

>> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call.

>> I

>>

>> don't have free outgoing calls.

>>

>> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to

>> possibly buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive

>> for 1500 ( it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he

>> was going to show me it one of these days. ... What was the

>> name of the EKG you bought and can you come by next week to show me

>> how it works and if you like it?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> lee

>> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox

>>> on a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to

>>> call their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut

>>>>> my monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

>>>>> me back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm

>>>>> right on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>>>>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>>>>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me

>>>>> to get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I

>>>>> needed a phone line anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet

>>>>> access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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It will be tough for me to run over to your office. I usually get to Family

Medicine around 2pm after finishing up in Canandaiuga by about 1. I run a

procedure clinic with a resident until 5 that sometimes goes late. I can

set up the EKG in the precepting room and you can come by any time and play

with it all you want. I will be on Suite 400. You can give me a call on my

cell phone 802-9887 when you get there and I will come and get you in the

lobby. Just give me a ballpark time when you think you might come by.

Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>> Tim,

>> I think the local business phone line ( frontier) charges per call.

>> I

>>

>> don't have free outgoing calls.

>>

>> How much can you get the Welch Allyn EKG for? I am looking to

>> possibly buy a pc based EKG. says he bought one intrepretive

>> for 1500 ( it is a brand that is not a main brand).. He says he

>> was going to show me it one of these days. ... What was the

>> name of the EKG you bought and can you come by next week to show me

>> how it works and if you like it?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> lee

>> Re: phone lines, cells, voip, etc....

>>

>>

>>> Yeah, that's on my list as an option. I have to clarify if the local

>>> business telephone account charges per call or not. If it does, it

>>> would save money to use the toll-free onebox number. But if it

>>> doesn't, your idea is the way to go with calls being sent to onebox

>>> on a prn basis, and the patients wouldn't have a " weird number " to

>>> call their local doc. Tim

>>>

>>>> Tim,

>>>> Rather than force patients to call another number, you could just

>>>> enable call forwarding on your landline number and it would

>>>> automatically go to whatever phone number you want it to go to.

>>>>

>>>> Seto

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Hey , you are a genius! (I'm using it here figuritively even

>>>>> though I

>>>>> suspect you truely are based on knowing you ;-)

>>>>>

>>>>> It just dawned on me that the benefit of having a landline come

>>>>> into the

>>>>> office is that outgoing calls are free locally after the base price

>>>>> of about $12/month for business line. That would allow me to cut

>>>>> my monthly

>>>>> minutes for the Treo's Verizon account and basically save the money

>>>>> to pay

>>>>> for the land line and internet access thru Frontier. I could still

>>>>> integrate in the OneBox and use that as my calling-in number --

>>>>> benefit is

>>>>> having the single location (my email through OneBox) for email/vm/

>>>>> faxes.

>>>>>

>>>>> With this configuration, my " working office " would be my EMR (AC),

>>>>> Appointmentquest, OneBox.com and RelayHealth. Then, for outgoing

>>>>> return

>>>>> calls, I'd pick up the $12/month landline to lessen my cell phone

>>>>> minutes.

>>>>> Of course, some people may get that number from caller ID and call

>>>>> back to

>>>>> it... so I'd need VM that tells them to call a different number to

>>>>> leave a

>>>>> message (thru OneBox). Monthly cost for the whole " working office "

>>>>> would

>>>>> be about $270 (excluding AC but that's only $500/year to get

>>>>> upgrades, etc

>>>>> after year one). Not bad I think.

>>>>>

>>>>> There certainly is more than one way to skin a cat. But as I go

>>>>> along, it

>>>>> seems I'm still shaping my office in the Gwen Hanson/

>>>>> Clemenson mode

>>>>> (been trying to get away from their setup, but it keeps " pulling "

>>>>> me back!).

>>>>>

>>>>> It's redundant but worth repeating -- THANKS to everyone for the

>>>>> ideas and

>>>>> for participating in this whole discussion group. I'm five and a

>>>>> half weeks out from opening and because of you I feel like I'm

>>>>> right on track

>>>>> and ready to make it work from the get-go. Without all of you and

>>>>> the opportunity to learn from your efforts I think I'd be lost.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm incredibly fortunate in many ways, including being part of this

>>>>> group.

>>>>> Tim

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> > Tim,

>>>>> > My main advice is not to jump into any long term contracts with

>>>>> any

>>>>> service until you know what works practically for your setup. I

>>>>> started

>>>>> > out thinking I was going to use onebox for all of my inbound and

>>>>> outbound faxing. I soon found out that there are quite a few

>>>>> clicks involved in sending a fax with onebox and got kind of

>>>>> frustrated. I then found out that the most economical way for me

>>>>> to get internet access in my office was with Frontier DSL and I

>>>>> needed a phone line anyway.

>>>>> > Now I use this combo:

>>>>> > -VOIP phone for main office phone number (via DSL internet

>>>>> access)

>>>>> -Frontier land line for DSL and outgoing faxes (syncs much more

>>>>> conveniently directly from my computer's fax modem)

>>>>> > -Onebox number for all incoming faxes only (sending faxes to my

>>>>> email

>>>>> > account). I actually don't use any of the other onebox features,

>>>>> and

>>>>> > it costs about the same as other internet faxing services

>>>>> > I would have things set up different if I had a cable modem

>>>>> service.

>>>>> There are a lot of ways to skin a cat! Hope this helps.

>>>>> >

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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