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Advancements
in Healthcare and Technology have done much to improve
the quality of care. However, it has had a side
effect in the form of information overload from
multiple sources that require timely access, management
and review. Data related to patient care, needs
to be reviewed, filed and relayed to interested
parties for quicker turnaround and in turn - customer
satisfaction. |
As your practice grows, so does the volume of data. Those,
that have adopted EMR systems, have realized that the
biggest ongoing cost associated with maintaining a reliable,
complete and up to date EMR is the labor associated with
feeding the EMR in terms of collecting, scanning and indexing
documents. Furthermore, EMR systems have done nothing
for the volumes of paper that's being passed between providers
and staff - most of them with hard to read hand-written
notes. It is safe to assume that some of these documents
often get misplaced leading to lot of time spent chasing
or recreating the information.
One of the often-overlooked aspects, and probably the
first thing to be considered before implementing a paperless
initiative, is to better manage the volume of data that
is being generated, which may be in various forms included
but not limited to:
- Faxes.
- Emails.
- Printable lab results from websites like WebMD.
- Results generated by healthcare facilities where
patients are referred.
- In-house lab instruments or other systems.
- Outputs from practice management system.
- Hardcopy paper documents.
DigitalOne is a HIPAA compliant Business Efficiency
Tool that captures data and documents, both clinical
and non-clinical, from multiple sources and makes them
accessible from a single platform for processing, collaboration
and communication.
Documents never get misplaced and configurable alerts
and alarms ensure timely attention from physicians and
staff. Efficiencies are achieved not only through preventing
information loss and speeding workflow, but also through
reducing the cost of paper, printing and storage.
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