SMARTDRAW IN MEDICINE:

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Uses SmartDraw for Professional-Looking Charts

Lisa Neff-Letts works as the project assistant with pediatric genetics at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, which is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States. She also serves as fellowship coordinator for the organization. Lisa was looking for an easy way to create org charts, scientific diagrams and medical charts to improve communications within the department.

Lisa had experience using CorelDraw and a few other programs, but they weren't up to task.

"I would struggle to try to draw diagrams with programs such as Microsoft Paint^®…eek!" said Lisa.

Lisa had used SmartDraw at a previous job to create scientific charts and diagrams, and decided to download the latest version. Right away, Lisa could see that SmartDraw made easy work out of org charts and other diagrams. Unlike other programs that provide users with a blank screen and expect them to draw, with SmartDraw, users select from a template that is specifically designed to create the type of illustration they need. For example, SmartDraw contains dozens of SmartTemplates for org charts, scientific drawings, medical diagrams, anatomical drawings, and other charts.

Although she had no graphic design experience, Lisa was able to quickly produce polished, professional looking org charts and other diagrams in just minutes.

"SmartDraw is so user friendly…our organizational charts have never looked so good," said Lisa. "The pre-made medical templates have also been a great help in my job…they are very detailed."

SmartDraw allows users to select an appropriate template, and then enter in the relevant information. The software does the rest: building the graphic automatically using built-in rules and professional design themes to guarantee polished, presentation-quality results in just a few minutes. In addition, SmartDraw also features one-click export to popular document types such as PDF and PowerPoint^®, making it easy to share SmartDraw creations with others in presentations.

"I love the compatibility with MS Office^®, and the fact that you can export files to PDF with just one click," said Lisa. But the biggest benefit of using SmartDraw in her work is time-savings.

"It saves me hours and hours of time," said Lisa. "I absolutely love SmartDraw!"