Medical Records Storage: Electronic Solutions

2007-04-26 11:57:22

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



SHEER VOLUME

Medical records storage can be very burdensome in light of the sheer volume of medical records that need to be stored and archived. Especially if you consider the fact that all medical cases must be properly documented and not a single one should be discarded, regardless of how minor the medical case was.

The best way to address your medical records storage needs is to convert all the documents into electronic medical records. Electronic records are digitized forms of documents and can be stored electronically in computer hard drives or other storage devices such as CD’s and flash drives.

Modern medical records storage is not very difficult to accomplish. You can enter the information directly as an electronic data and have it printed out as a hard copy. The electronic forms are then automatically stored in a central data base which can then be copied to another storage device for redundant protection.

For old medical records, the fastest way is to use a scanner to capture a digital image of the record. After which, you can have them archived properly.

SPACE SAVER

The main advantage of having electronic medical records is that the records will not degrade with time. No matter how you take care of you paper documents; it is still fragile and vulnerable to the elements. By using electronic data, you preserve the information the medical records contain even as the paper get destroyed for some reason or another.

Another equally important advantage of using electronic medical records storage is space. Paper medical records can take up a lot of real estate, and where space is always a premium, then electronic records is the medical records management solution you have been waiting for.

Nowadays, electronic data is now the standard. However, paper copies are still necessary. While we are still a very long way from having a paperless society, it is such a convenience to have them stored in our computers as a security measure.


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