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WE ARE ALL ACUTELY AWARE OF HOW QUICKLY TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPACTED ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES AND THE TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE AND FOOT HASN’T BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
WE AT ANKLE AND FOOT PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ARE PROUD TO OFFER THE LATEST GREEN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND CARE OF OUR PATIENTS.TAKE A MOMENT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ON SITE FOR YOUR VISIT AND AS WE ADD NEW TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN BE SURE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT HERE!
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR) ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR PROVIDERS TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND LOCATIONS. NO LONGER ARE MESSY, DISORGANIZED CHARTS NEEDED. ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO THE PRACTITIONER AND WE ARE NO LONGER ‘WAITING ON THE PREVIOUS VISIT’S DICTATION.’ THE SPACE CONSUMED BY CHARTS IN THE PAST, CAN NOW BE USED FOR PATIENT CARE. THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF CAN BE UPDATING THE PATIENT’S INSURANCE INFORMATION AND THE PHYSICIAN CAN BE REVIEWING THE PATIENT’S LATEST ANKLE XRAYS OR ULTRASOUND, SIMULTANEOUSLY!
THE WHOLE SYSTEM STREAMLINES THE PATIENT CARE ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCING
THE AMOUNT OF PAPER CONSUMED IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE -
DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY
DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY (ALSO KNOWN AS DIGITAL XRAY) HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN COST PROHIBITIVE TO THE COMMON PRACTITIONER AND HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO THE HOSPITAL SETTING. DIGITAL XRAY ALLOWS THAT PRACTICE TO TAKE AND ‘DEVELOP’ XRAYS ON SITE WITHOUT MESSY CHEMICALS THAT IN THE PAST OFTEN ENDED UP IN THE WATER SYSTEM.
DIGITAL XRAYS ALLOW THE PHYSICIAN TO EVALUATE THE FILMS WITH SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS TO VIEW OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO SEE FEATURES AND TO OBTAIN ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF BIOMECHANICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE JOINTS. EACH FILM IS THEN PLACED INTO THE PATIENT’S ELECTRONIC CHART. RETAKING FILMS IS NEARLY A THING OF THE PAST AS THE FILMS ARE VIEWABLE WITHIN 60 SECONDS WITHOUT THE NEED OF A DARK ROOM. AND, THERE IS NO NEED TO STORE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RADIOGRAPHIC FILM REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE PRODUCED.
DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE ROLE DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND (ULTRASONOGRAPHY) SERVES AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN THE ABDOMEN AND IN PREGNANCY. BUT, IT HAS ALSO BEEN A HUGE ADVANCE FOR THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM.
EVEN WITH DIGITAL XRAY, SOFT TISSUE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO VISUALIZE. THIS IS THE POWER OF ULTRASOUND. USING SOUND WAVES, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE SOFT TISSUE MASSES, SOFT TISSUE INFLAMMATION, STRESS FRACTURES, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO PERFORM GUIDED INJECTIONS TO ENSURE DELIVERY OF MEDICATION INTO THE AREA OF NEED IN NORMALLY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS JOINTS AND SPACES.
PADNet
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) IS A HUGE CONCERN AND IN THE CLARK COUNTY AREA HAS BEEN A SILENT KILLER. NOT ONLY DOES PAD INCREASE THE RISK FOR GANGRENE AND LIMB LOSS BUT IT IS ALSO A LEADING CAUSE OF STROKE AND HEART ATTACK. YOUR PHYSICIAN WILL DETERMINE IF YOU ARE EXHIBITING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PAD AND IF SO, CAN PERFORM THIS QUICK AND PAINLESS TEST, RIGHT IN OUR OFFICE.