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Trying to find time to participate in the lives of their families, doctors are looking for ways to work outside of the office. In the past, the physician would load a pilot’s briefcase full of medical records, throw them in the trunk, and head home to work on the files after the family had gone to bed. This practice caused a great deal of operational workflow issues within the practice. Consider the patient being seen by a physician one day. The physician runs out of time to dictate the visit, so the chart goes into their briefcase and out to the car. Something happens to the patient overnight, and they need to be seen the ....