A patient’s record is an extension of that patient, which
makes records management in the health care sector particularly
important. Now, at a time of major change in the health care
sector, good records management is more important than ever.
Protecting patient information, meeting tough regulatory
and legislative requirements, storing increasingly large
volumes of records, and the move to e-records are just some
of the issues emerging against a backdrop of ever shrinking
budgets.
Most health care organizations have a clear picture of where
they want to take their RM program in the face of these
major changes, and the big challenge is getting there.
TAB can help you create a safe transition environment by
working with your people at all levels of the organization
to determine the best steps to gain consistency and work
towards interoperability. And we know that because of staffing
shortages health care organizations must look to their
vendors to stay with them after projects are completed.
We can continue to provide consultation and manpower whenever
changes are required that are beyond the capabilities of
your RM team.
The environment that today’s health care organizations operate
in is a constantly changing and complex one. This changing
environment has presented new records management challenges
for health care institutions:
- Effective management and retention of paper records
- Streamlining the data and records that form a complete
patient chart
- Standardizing of terminology and implementation of coding
standards
- Need to improve processing of time sensitive records
- Incorporating security and access into electronic systems
- Managing the hybrid environment and mitigating risk
- Department-level planning and implementation of regional
RM strategy
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Consolidate and reduce paper records for more effective
storage, reduced retrieval costs, and improved compliance
- Assess the use and collection of patient information to
reduce overlap and streamline information to create on concise
patient chart
- Effectively implement electronic components while maintaining
full access to patient records and mitigating the risks of
transition to ensure ongoing patient care quality Reduce
variance across departments and sites by holistically assessing
the current situation and determining the best plan of action
to transition to the desired state of regional integration
For 50 years we have been helping the North American health
care sector implement the right RM programs and manage
their RM projects. We provide expert advice to ensure their
records systems are compliant, efficient and cost effective.
TAB records management professionals will benchmark your
document management practices against best in class systems.
From electronic imaging and bar coding applications, to
record consolidation and conversion, TAB will provide you
with the best solution to manage greater file volumes more
efficiently and in less space. Our solutions can even allow
you to manage more records with fewer people. Whatever
your records management issue, TAB can help.
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