The importance of medical records

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The importance of medical records

• For any medical examination and possible
  procedure it is absolutely necessary or a
  physician to understand the medical history of
  the patient. Any treatment needs to be
  administered in accordance with the patients
  system, allergies, past ailments and every other
  factor that can possibly affect the course of the
  treatment. Medical records play a pivotal role in
  providing all the necessary information
  pertaining to the patient.

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Growing need of record management systems

• The ever-increasing number of patients leads
  directly to the exponential increase in the
  number of medical records that need to be
  maintained. Hard copies are necessary but
  maintaining them over a period of years is not
  only time consuming but also a tedious task.
• With the digital era upon us it is easier for us
  to convert the medical records to their digital
  versions. This is achieved via medical record
  scanning and then creating a database for all the
  records.

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Medical record Scanning The Process

• All of the records are usually transferred to a
  trusted professional organization that works in
  the record maintenance and restoration industry.
  Since the hospital staff cannot be diverged from
  their regular work thus the professionals are
  hired to produce the digital versions of the
  records at hand via medical record scanning and
  sorting.
• All the records are sorted and put in the correct
  order before they are scanned. This makes fining
  a particular file easier. Further indexing of
  files is done on basis of ailments, last
  procedures, allergies, and every other category
  as requested by the hospital.

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Smooth sailing After Scanning

• All the files are put back to the way they were
  and the digital versions are stored in a
  database. The database facilitates easy access
  and quick recovery of any needed document without
  having to go through a pile of medical records.
• This also allows for a network access to the
  records anywhere and anytime since the user
  simply needs to connect to the database thus
  saving precious time and energy.

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