Strategies for Electronic Document and Health Record Management

Strategies for Electronic Document and Health Record Management provides a professional practice guide to efficient and effective health record management in the digital age. An effective document and health record management program depends on robust forms inventory, legal health record inventory and definition, a functioning retention and destruction process, realistic productivity standards, and other factors that are described within the text. This innovative resource will appeal equally to a wide variety of readers including HIM professionals, software vendors, academicians, students, and IT, revenue cycle, and financial managers. Key Features Provides a professional practice guide to efficient and effective health record management in the digital age Clearly delineates the benefits of the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and the important role it has as a vital component of the electronic health record (EHR) for those organizations still in the process of transitioning from paper and hybrid environments to the EHR Presents practical strategies for success for healthcare providers and health information managers as compliance, accreditation, risk mitigation, reimbursement, and positive patient outcomes depend on accurate and timely access and management of clinical documentation Provides an innovative way to improve and maintain effective document and heath record management through the use of an EDMS by a thorough description of the service-oriented architecture approach