Savvy CLNC® consultants have realized that smartphones are their mobile office and use them not just to talk with their attorney-clients, but also to keep up with their appointments, contacts and important email. No more waiting until you get to your computer to check your email or respond to an attorney-client.
Like most Certified Legal Nurse Consultants, I’ve recycled more than a few older phones – flip phones, handsets and various models of the Blackberry®. I’ve always been a little uncomfortable wondering where exactly the final resting place for those phones is and if they’ve been properly broken down or just ended up in a landfill.
You’ve QA’d your legal nurse consulting business, but have you QR’d it? QR, or quick response, codes are all the rage in the advertising world. These are the small images or blocks of computer code you see in magazine ads, boarding passes and newspapers. When you see a QR code, you simply need to focus your smartphone’s camera on it (and have the right app) and it will take you to a webpage selected by the QR code’s author.
That’s actually a trick question. The real question is whether or not you should use a password on the smartphone or tablet you use in your CLNC® business. What’s that you say? Passwords are too cumbersome and time-consuming? Well, let me ask you, what do you think would be more time-consuming: taking two seconds to type in a 4-digit passcode each time you reach for your device, or untangling your life after someone has stolen your banking information, all of your contacts, possibly your identity, has read and forwarded your email and just wrought havoc with your life because you’ve lost your smartphone and it has fallen into the hands of some villain?
*The opinions and statements made by Vickie Milazzo, the founder of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. are based on her experiences and expertise, should not be applied beyond the specific context provided, and do not guaranty or project actual results. Vickie Milazzo is no longer involved in the operations or management of the business, but is involved as an independent education consultant.
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