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    Why is scanning so hard?

    At a recent regional association meeting, a group of health information management directors were asked, “How many of you operate in a fully electronic environment?”  Surprisingly, the majority raised their hand.  When pressed further with the question “Does that include all inpatient, outpatient, and emergency charts?” hands started to drop and the discussion switched to:…

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    Leave a Legacy in the HIM Department, Not Paper – Part II

    Unconsolidated patient records create some of the biggest challenges for health information management (HIM) professionals because they force HIM departments to hold multiple operational processes to access patient records.  Part I of this article reviewed past decisions made by the HIM department that create current and future challenges.  By marrying existing legacy records into a…

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    Webinar

    HIM Process Improvement: Records Consolidation

    Decisions made by past leadership effect your health information management department every day. Similarly, choices made by your HIM department today will have downstream effects. In order for your HIM department to have the best possible long-term and immediate results, align the past and the present by consolidating patient records. Unconsolidated records result from changes…

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    The Effects of Scanning with Intelligent Technology on FTE Count

    By scanning more efficiently, HIM departments can free up full time equivalents’ (FTEs) time to focus on more critical initiatives. Unfortunately, many HIM departments are engaged in scanning processes without clear benchmarks to measure success and make the best use of FTEs. Healthcare facilities using intelligent technology with best practice workflow should average 1.5 FTEs per million images scanned per year.

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    Case Study

    Partnering to Enhance Technology and Workflow

    The Ottawa Hospital partnered with EDCO to improve workflow via the iPad.