In clinics, assisted living facilities, and hospitals everywhere, patient information that once was filed in folders and stored in massive document filing systems, is now managed electronically. Pen and paper have been replaced with precise databases designed for patient data to be saved, sorted, and parsed.
The problem is, at most facilities there remains an inevitable stream of paper documents that defy conversion to digital. The contents of these paper files have not yet found a home in a database field.
These might be paper documents originating outside the facility, like with lab reports, prescriptions, and patient supplied files. Or, they can be paper files generated by internal legacy processes, such as with hand-written notes. Added to this inescapable flow of paper are the typical non-patient paper files common to every business, like invoices, contracts, and office files.
How to effectively digitize these remaining streams of paper documents in healthcare and retirement facilities will be the topic of a special 30-minute Webinar presented by Resource One with ColumbiaSoft at Noon on February 14.
Considerations for managing the privacy of patient related records will be addressed, as well as the advantages of associating digital patient files in an electronic document management system with their data record counterparts in an EMR system. Potential gains in patient care stemming from the automation of document routing and notifications will also be explored.
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