If you are worried about Google following you around and knowing what you’re up to, Chrome may not be for you. I have used Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari, but I keep coming back to Chrome. It also integrates with most other email calendar tools.Ĭhrome browser by Google Again, Google is the big boy when it comes to most things tech. Todoist integrates with Gmail and Google calendar. For a visual thinker, color coding is, as they say, the cat’s meow. Todoist has a built in feel of priority and categorizing. I have also used Evernote as a to-do app and it works pretty well. Todoist is my latest attempt at managing all that I need to do and unlike Bono, I think I have found what I have been looking for. Todoist I have used a few different to do list apps and software. Simply write the email and click on the “Send Later” button. Boomerang also has a setting to send an email at a future date. Boomerang also has a pause feature which helps me control the flow of my email.īoomerang reminds me to either try again or ramp up my efforts to contact that person. If the person does not reply within the set time the email gets sent back to me. When I send an email and I want to be sure to receive a reply within a certain time I can set a Boomerang on it. Keep reading…īoomerang for email I use email as a reminder and to-do task manager and Boomerang gives me that power. You can add all kinds of extensions that will help you run your private practice. Google has created Gmail to be more than just a way to send and receive email. Google is the biggest kid in the playground. Gmail I am willing to bet that most therapists have a Gmail account. Amazon Drive talks about HIPAA compliance HERE. Sookasa works with Google Drive and Dropbox for HIPAA compliance. If you’re storing health records you will need to secure your cloud storage. Dropbox and Google Drive give you a free amount of storage up to a point. You might also want to look at Amazon D rive. If you want to take video screenshots I suggest Screenflow for Mac and Camtasia for Windows.ĭropbox or Google Drive I use both of these services but Dropbox is my go to tool for cloud based storage. I wrote an article on how I do that HERE. If I need to explain how to do a task I just point them to an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) that I created. Screen Capture Tool I use screen capturing on my computer to explain tasks to my therapists and office workers. This allows you to have access to your saved information on any device. You can share individual notes or notebooks for collaboration. You can tag a note with a phrase so you can aggregate and find similar information. You can also upload a document to a note. In a note, you can store typed words, pictures, documents and audio. Each note is sort of like a Microsoft Word document. In each notebook, you can create a note that pertains to the subject of that notebook. In the cabinet, you can create and store as many notebooks as you want. I like to think of Evernote as a large file cabinet. Whatever brilliant thought or idea you have, Evernote gives you superhuman brain power. Perhaps an idea for a business or a product. You come across interesting articles or read a page in a book that you want to save. I’m sure you’re like me and have brilliant ideas throughout the day. Please leave a comment below and let us know what tools help you with your practice.Įvernote This article was created using Evernote. It’s not a complete list, rather a list of the most important and useful therapy business tools that I use. What works? What’s worth my time? What will save me time and make my life easier?īelow is a list of tools that I use every day. It’s easy to get bogged down in the technology that we use for our private practice.
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