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How to safeguard paper medical records

Sue St. Denis — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

These days, most of the discussion about medical records involves the “big” issues like privacy and electronic health records. While these are certainly challenging issues that require much discussion and planning, we have found that basic safeguarding of medical records can get overlooked. In all the discussion about privacy security, it is essential to take care of the basics.Read More

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Color-coding (Part 4): Preventing privacy and security issues

Sue St. Denis — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:01:00 +0000

In a four-part blog series, we have been exploring the many uses and benefits of color coding, including reducing operational downtime and lowering compliance risk. In our final post, we show how color coding can be used to help organizations limit unwanted access to files and preserve the privacy and confidentiality of sensitive records.Read More

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Color-coding (Part 1): Four our unexpected ways that color-coding can solve RIM challenges

Sue St. Denis — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In the first of a four-part blog series, we’ll focus our attention on the “lowly” color-coded folder. A staple of the records management world for many years, color coding has traditionally been used for a very specific function: helping to spot misfiled folders. However, as we’ll reveal in this blog series, color coding can be used in some unexpected ways to solve many more RIM challenges…Read More

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Best practices for scanning patient records into an EHR

Sue St. Denis — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The success of an electronic health records (EHR) system implementation is massively dependent on how you handle your existing paper records. Unless these records are scanned and properly abstracted, you’re at risk of running two systems instead of one, and not realizing the ROI from your transition to electronic medical records and your investment in [...]Read More

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Medical practitioners: How to ensure a successful transition to an EHR system

Sue St. Denis — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Any medical office that has implemented an electronic health records (EHR) system, or is considering doing so, will want to take note of a potential pitfall that could reduce the effectiveness of your EHR investment and result in hard dollar losses. It's important that you take full advantage of the improved efficiencies that come with an EHR system so you can see more patients in a day and increase your revenue.Read More

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5 Steps to Protecting Medical Records

Sue St. Denis — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Health practitioners know that the information contained in medical records is highly sensitive and personal, and properly protecting it means complying with the various regulations that apply to patient records. These documents also contain the information necessary to treat patients properly, so making sure they’re safe and accessible is key to the successful operation of [...]Read More

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Electronic Medical Records vs Paper: Surprising Results

Sue St. Denis — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In a recent primary care "Practice Challenge” researchers from St. Mary's Research Centre, MedbASE Research and McGill University challenged participating clinics to review their patients' records to identify those who would benefit from six different types of evidence-based interventions.Read More

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Video: Reducing File Volume with Imaging and Automation

Sue St. Denis — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Imagine reducing your physical inactive records volume by 40 percent? Or being able to get rid of 50 percent of your admin files? In this short video, Courtney Bowens, Director of Operations for The Retina Group walks you through how TAB helped her team do just that.Read More

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