08-05-2016, 03:46 PM
A recent survey done in the USA of 1.2 million graduates revealed that only 5% of them knew what a "Fax" was!
Those who knew what a "Fax" was either literate or busy with an internship at a Law Firm or a Medical centre.
Scary huh?
So why is this?
Anyone have a really good idea to why this antiquated technology is still in use?
Is it laziness or convenience (or both)?
The reason to why I am asking is that Faxing either does NOT work or has a LOW accuracy over VOIP Networks which is the current de-facto telephonic standard today (resulting to an ongoing cost of an old-school POTS line).
All Medical Practices we know of, receive (paper) faxes which are then scanned into their Medical Practice Management application – how “so yesterday” is that?
It’s about time we (IT dudes) all stand together, put our feet down and insist that “Scan-to-Email” is the new standard.
The word “fax” gives me the jitters!
Those who knew what a "Fax" was either literate or busy with an internship at a Law Firm or a Medical centre.
Scary huh?
So why is this?
Anyone have a really good idea to why this antiquated technology is still in use?
Is it laziness or convenience (or both)?
The reason to why I am asking is that Faxing either does NOT work or has a LOW accuracy over VOIP Networks which is the current de-facto telephonic standard today (resulting to an ongoing cost of an old-school POTS line).
All Medical Practices we know of, receive (paper) faxes which are then scanned into their Medical Practice Management application – how “so yesterday” is that?
It’s about time we (IT dudes) all stand together, put our feet down and insist that “Scan-to-Email” is the new standard.
The word “fax” gives me the jitters!