It's understandable that some practitioners may feel a sense of trepidation when it comes to shifting their health records online, and while chiropractic documentation software can help ease the transition, it may not be enough to fully ease that anxiety. But what exactly is it that some are so worried about? Not being tech-savvy enough? Or just concern that the value expected for making this chiropractic EHR investment may not necessarily be worth the effort? In the case of the latter, it's important to begin looking at beyond traditional measures of ROI, and look outside of the box to more "soft" savings.

According to Healthcare IT News, these "soft dollar savings" are a little more abstract than what one may typically think of as money saved, but have real value of their own. Unlike "hard" savings, which account for precise dollar amounts that have been saved or spent, soft costs refer more to the time being spent by the user.

Dean Wiech, managing director for the identity management software Tools4ever, tells the source that providing users with streamlined and secure experiences can significantly cut back on the amount of time spent handling their chiropractic EHR software – and as Wiech so succinctly puts it, "Time is money."

"A lot of times quantifying savings is more about looking at cost avoidance," said Wiech. "Most of our customers can cost justify their expenses based on the time they spend opening, deleting and managing accounts."

In other words, the easier of a time you have with handling your online chiropractic EMR software, the less time, money and effort you'll have to allocate for that purpose in the first place.