In the early days of personal computers, the term " paperless office" used to be thrown around all the time.
"Statistics reveal that the number of pages consumed in U.S. offices is going up at a startling rate of 20% per year (K2 Enterprises) and additional research reveals that the healthcare industry spends twice as much time with paper than any other industry (IDC)."
The paperless world was a publicist's slogan, intended to describe the office of the future. It was facilitated by the popularization of video display computer terminals like the 1964 IBM 2260.
For these reasons, while there may be a reduction of paper, some uses of paper will likely remain indefinitely.[13] However, a 2015 questionnaire[14] suggested that nearly half of small/medium-sized businesses believed they were or could go paperless by the end of that year.
I wonder who wanted to do a survey on a 52-year-old slogan which has remained unfulfilled and in fact the use of paper iincreasing
After the consolidation of mailout Pharmacies under the guise of improving patient care, reams of paper is delivered to the primary care physician advising him/her about their patients not filling their medications. How they are not trying to come between my self and my patients (HA!HA! HA!) but at the same time reminding us to discuss this with the patient.
We also get tons of paper from the same Insurance companies and pharmacies giving friendly advice about Beers criteria.
Recently an 81-year-old woman came to me asking to get rid of her addiction to 0.25 mg alprazolam per day! Why now after 20 + years of use? she said she was told by a newly minted doctor that it is an addictive medication and she does not want to be a "Junkie" she did not want to listen to my advice and went to 3 different doctors who all tried various different medications, with various side effects.
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