Michael, assuming she already has a PC on the network running MYOB, I
would suggest that the data remain there, and be accessed from the
reception PC over the network.
Be careful with the data and make her sign appropriate documents
limiting your liability. MYOB uses a proprietary, primitive database
(nice to know it's not only health IT in the dark ages) and is good
at corrupting or losing data. Once a sometimes clumsy technician
(yours truly) kicked out a network cable while MYOB was in use on a
workstation. The result was a corrupt database without adequate
backups, which had to be sent to MYOB and repaired for a handsome fee.
Also, if it's the standard version and not 'Premier' it can't be
accessed by more than one computer simultaneously.
regards,
Peter.
On 07/02/2006, at 11:15 AM, Michael Christie wrote:
Hello to all,
Thankyou to the correspondents regarding the batch file.
May I ask colleagues opinions on another matter.
We have a standard medical setup for a 6 doctor practice. Server
linking
to workstations.
An allied health practitioner who rents a room wants to put her MYOB
program on the frontdesk computer so the reception staff can bill her
clients for her and receipt them via her preferred program MYOB. This
will save her time entering her own data into MYOB.
Currently our staff collect her money for her at the frontdesk via
EFTPOS and cash and we give her a manual record other day and she
takes
it home to put on her computer for record purposes.
We use Totalcare practice mx software, and quickbooks for accounts
(not
running at the frontdesk)
Obviously technically this can be done and installed on the
computers at
the frontdesk. We have appropriate backup and failure proceures in
place
for our own software and computers.
However I have some reservations regarding having other peoples
financial software on our computers, the possibility of losing her
data,
what happens if our computer fails with all her accounts on it, and
also
staff may keywrong data into her program, the Allied Health person
would
need to spend more time at the front desk instead of in her room
checking her accounts etc.etc.
Technically this can be done.
But may I ask my colleagues, *_should_ *we do this for her?
What is your opinion?
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