| Electronic medical records are finally coming of | | | | Those cumbersome filing cabinets filled with |
| age. Document scanning patient charts and | | | | patient records can be entirely eliminated - freeing |
| converting them to digital files means they can be | | | | up valuable space that can be converted into a |
| securely stored and easily retrieved from any | | | | revenue-producing examining room. Bring an |
| location at any time --in seconds. They can be | | | | additional physician or nurse practitioner into your |
| integrated seamlessly into your existing medical | | | | group without adding to your office footprint or |
| record system, making all patient information | | | | your clerical staff's task-load. |
| accessible with a few simple keystrokes. Given | | | | When you eliminate paper files, you also eliminate |
| President Obama's health-care mandate, there's | | | | all the costs associated with them. Wasted time |
| never been a better time to transition your | | | | spent searching for misfiled or lost files. |
| medical office to a more efficient, cost-effective | | | | Photocopying, printing, and faxing can be slashed |
| alternative to cumbersome paper records. | | | | along with the related expenses of paper and ink, |
| Does your practice have more than one location? | | | | plus the cost of running and maintaining equipment. |
| Do your patients sometimes make appointments | | | | What about HIPPA? Patient privacy is always a |
| at different offices in your group? By digitally | | | | top priority, and HIPPA compliance is an integral |
| imaging your patient files, your physicians can | | | | component of any electronic medical record |
| move between offices, and always have their | | | | system. Whether you opt for scanning patient |
| patients' current records at their fingertips -- | | | | files on your own premises, or you use a |
| including lab results, x-ray images, MRI scans, and | | | | company that scans at their facility, strict quality |
| EKGs. If a patient shows up at a different office, | | | | control standards will protect your patients and |
| his or her chart can be accessed immediately. No | | | | your practice. With electronic files replacing paper |
| more misplaced files. No more missing charts. No | | | | ones, the incidence of misplaced or misfiled charts |
| more frantic faxes from one location to another. | | | | is eliminated, further reducing the potential for |
| And fewer associated liability issues. | | | | HIPPA violations. |
| Scanning medical records ensures your patients' | | | | Is Medical Record Scanning Right for You? |
| charts are always up-to-date, with the latest test | | | | If your practice is slowed down by misplaced or |
| results and the most recent physician's notes. | | | | misfiled patient charts; if your practitioners are |
| With all records centrally located on a secure | | | | frustrated because patient information isn't always |
| server, hours of filing time can be eliminated, and | | | | current; if your offices are cluttered with filing |
| staff can be reassigned to other areas. | | | | cabinets and boxes of stored charts; if you have |
| Medical record scanning is surprisingly affordable, | | | | the potential to merge with another practice but |
| and can be implemented without any disruption to | | | | the associated administrative problems are |
| your practice. It saves time, and it saves money. | | | | daunting, the answer is a resounding yes. It's time. |