If your business wants to go paperless, ScanWorks can help! We can scan your paper files into searchable pdf files that can be saved to archival-grade DVDs or an external hard drive. You can then copy those files over to your network for instantaneous access to your files. Now, as you can imagine, there is …
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Is your school overwhelmed with records? Do you often wonder how you still permanently store the student records and employment files you have generated over the years? Are you concerned about the damage that would ensue if water or fire reached your records? Would your job be easier if you could access your records instantaneously? …
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Is the way you are keeping your records putting your funeral home at risk? For any funeral home director, the key to excellent service over time is well-kept records– pre-need records for a funeral planned years from now, at-need records for reference at the time of other family members’ deaths, or cemetery records that must …
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 …
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 …
Is your medical practice converting to an EHR/EMR? Are you considering how to get your existing paper charts imported into your EHR? ScanWorks has the solution– high-speed scanning of each patient chart into a pdf that can be “attached” to each patient’s screen in your EHR. Our scanning software is compatible with all EHR software …
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 …
If your medical practice is in the process of implementing an EHR / EMR, you are surely doing your best to keep abreast of the Meaningful Use rules coming out of the federal government. The Stage 2 rule was recently released. It describes the requirements and criteria that eligible providers and hospitals must meet if …
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 …
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 …
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