Historically, the healthcare industry has been\npaper intensive, but in this digital age, document scanning and archiving will help\nspeed up patient care, improve records management, ensure regulatory compliance\nand provide significant cost savings. Medical scanning and data capture\ntechnologies are now becoming an integral part of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are the right features to consider when\nchoosing the best scanners for healthcare and medical records scanning? Here Naji\nKazak, General Manager – Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Russia at Alaris, a\nKodak Alaris Business, gives us his view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Process optimisation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The admission\nprocess in any healthcare setting is time-consuming and creates a significant\namount of paperwork. 70% of new patient information is received as paper\ndocuments which takes time and money to process manually. Manual data entry\nruns the risk of error and this can impact patient care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scanning\nis often cumbersome because, in addition to patient intake forms, there are\nirregularly sized documents such as insurance cards and photo identification\nthat also need to be in a patient\u2019s medical record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today\nthere are scanners that have superior document handling capabilities that\nensure that patient records are quickly and reliably scanned. With features\nsuch as Active Feed<\/a>,\nControlled Stacking and Intelligent Document Protection, all documents are\naccurately scanned without the need for presorting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Compliance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is\nimportant that the scanners being used contribute to the security of electronic\npersonal health information. The scanners need to comply with existing and new\nlegislation and ensure that confidential patient data is safely routed to a\nsecure file repository. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By\neliminating paper records and digitising paper-based documents that arrive from\nexternal sources or documentation that gets produced during the hospital stay,\nyou\u2019ll mitigate risks and ensure secure data handling and storage. The\ninsertion of patient data into the EMR system ensures patient privacy and\ncompliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n