Healthcare Review of the Brother MFC-L6915DW All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier

When I first started doing IT in healthcare, I remember the thought and excitement around the paperless office.  I remember seeing all those paper charts stored in the HIM office and thinking how nice it will be when everything is paperless.  No more managing those charts and everything quickly accessible with a few keystrokes.  While those paper chart rooms have disappeared, the paperless office hasn’t really come to fruition the way that many of us thought it may. The reality in healthcare is that there’s still a lot of paper floating around the office.  It turns out that paper is a great form factor that everyone can use with no training and has infinite flexibility.  Everyone is familiar with the patient bringing in a stack of paper records that the clinical staff need to manage.  We also see a lot of paper being printed in the office.  In fact, one could argue that the EHR is a paper generating machine.  One click and hundreds of pages can be printed.  Ideally it happens electronically, but we know that the ideal option isn’t always available.  Not to mention clinician’s need to print out patient instructions, prescriptions, consent forms, patient education, and more.  Paper will be with us for a long time to come. While I get that most IT people want to focus on the latest AI automation solution, it’s also important that IT staff select the right printers, copiers, and scanners too.  The reality is that a broken printer can caus...
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