Category Archives: Blog

EHR = Productivity?

At ScanWorks, we are closely monitoring reactions to EHR/EMR implementation by area medical practices.  If you are also following the news, reports describing the effect of EHR implementation on physicians’ productivity have been a rollercoaster– one week a study shows attitudes riding high, and the next week a survey indicates that attitudes have plunged.  So …

Update on Medical Incentives

The latest numbers are now available.  The federal government reports that over 300,000 eligible hospitals and medical professionals have now registered for the EHR Incentive Program.  As of September 2012, Medicare has paid out almost $4 billion and Medicaid $3.5 billion in incentive payments. Has your medical practice applied?  If so, how are you planning …

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Consider this: • New York University Langone Medical Center was forced to evacuate midstorm. • Staten Island University’s hospitals were flooded. • Looking back seven years, Hurricane Katrina caused flood waters to inundate hospitals, causing patients’ medical histories to vanish. Based upon these occurrences, we should not doubt the importance of converting paper medical records …

Mobile Scanning

As a professional scanning service, ScanWorks is just as concerned as you are about maintaining the confidentiality and security of your documents, files, and charts.  Even though our facility has top-of-the-line security features, we recognize that it is not always possible or practicable to have the materials you want scanned moved off-site.  That is why …

Taking the Time for Proper EHR Implementation

Deciding when to implement an EHR is perhaps the most important decision that a medical practice can make.   Providers of all sizes who have gone through an electronic health record implementation say the process works best when practices take the time to do it correctly.  Practitioners need to know that a methodical EHR implementation is …

Security and Confidentiality

ScanWorks understands the importance of protecting the security and confidentiality of the documents we scan.  Whether you work in the medical, legal, real estate, financial, or another field, we know that your customers have entrusted you with highly confidential information– their names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, bank account numbers, income …