A Conversation on Document Imaging

The Health Information section of AdvanceWeb has an extremely insightful online chat available on the subject of implementing document imaging systems at medical facilities. Thanks to a gradual shift toward EDM in the medical field during the past few years, as well as a little push from the new economic stimulus package pieced together by the Obama White House - the two industry professionals find that document imaging is becoming more affordable by the day. Follow the link to see what Leslie Ann Fox, MA, RHIA, And Patty Thierry, MBA, RHIA, CCS have to say on the subject.

Here's a clip from the beginning of the chat:

First you need to have the "big picture." Implementing a document imaging system starts with creating a vision and strategy for document management and the development of an EMR. This may sound obvious but it's often a step that is only partially carried out by a small number of individuals instead of by all stakeholders, i.e., a representative mix of providers, executive management and department leaders (e.g., health information management (HIM), information technology, human resources, financial services, medical staff). Document imaging is a tool for delivering document management solutions to several departments across an integrated delivery system, thus solving problems with retrieving, processing and storing paper and electronic documents from employee records to medical records.