Medical Record Scanning gets New Meaning

The team at CNN.com recently highlighted how a Bronx Healthcare clinic is using a new type of Optical Recognition to retrieve Medical Records, and it’s not quite what you’d think of when you bring up Medical Record Scanning . The clinic – Urban Health Plan – is using Scans of a Patient’s Iris (the unique part of the …

Medical Record Scanning Project Preparation Guide

To efficiently manage a Medical Record Scanning Project, it’s helpful to understand what is involved in the process.  A clear step-by-step overview will help clarify expectations and will save you lots of time and frustration later on. Scanning medical records is not overly complicated, and with some careful planning, you can ensure that your practice runs more …

Not Ready for an Enterprise EMR? Investigate a DMI Solution

It’s happening…slowly! Although the Federal Government has enacted legislation providing physicians with incentives to implement EMR technology and penalties for those who do not by 2015, today only six percent of U.S. physicians use a fully functioning system. Why? For one, Enterprise Electronic Medical Records systems require physicians and their staff to change the way …

The 3 Best Reasons to Outsource Paper Scanning

Why Outsource Paper Scanning? Three Reasons – Cost, Speed, and Accuracy. Outsourcing paper scanning allows companies to redirect their core resources toward the activities of greater value while still realizing the benefits of document scanning.

What does the Apple iPad mean for Document Management?

With the news that the Apple’s iPad has accepted pre-orders for upwards of 120,000 units, there is a great deal of speculation of whether the device will make its way into the Corporate IT Landscape.  How will it work? Who will use it? What applications will lead to rapid adoption? These are the same questions that accompanied the …

Permanent Removal Charges : A Dirty Little Secret

Permanent Removal Charges are a little known facet of a Records Management Contract, and worse yet, they’re often hidden by an incumbent document storage vendor until you want to move your boxes out of storage. When it comes time to relocate or shred documents that have been entrusted to a document storage company, typically there is a nasty …