Comparison
Paper never argues with you. It also never tells you anything.
Paper is fast, cheap and completely reliable until the moment you need to answer a question about more than one patient at a time. That is the trade, and it is worth stating honestly before listing anything else.
| paper charts | Dently | |
|---|---|---|
| Chairside speed | Very fast for a single note. Nothing beats a pen for one line. | Comparable once charting is on the tooth rather than in a form, and faster for anything repeated. |
| Finding a past visit | Pull the file, if it is filed correctly and nobody has it. | One page per patient, every visit in order, searchable. |
| Answering 'how are we doing' | Manual counting, usually not done. | Production, acceptance and recall rate reported from the record itself. |
| Recalls | A diary, worked when someone has time. | Built from clinical due dates and sent automatically. |
| Risk | Fire, water, loss. No copy. | Encrypted, backed up, access-logged. |
If the clinic is one doctor seeing familiar patients, paper genuinely works. The moment a second doctor has to read the first one's notes, it stops.
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