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  • Medrecon 2011 – Hyderabad

    We participated in the recently held Medrecon 2011 conference in Hyderabad. This is an annual national conference on Medical Records. With a view to increase our reach in the Indian market particularly for the Medical records department in the India’s leading hospitals, along with our technology partner e-bizindia participated in the event organized by Kamineni Hospitals. This event provided an opportunity for the health record professionals to enrich their knowledge, skills, technology and get updated with the latest trends in health records management. It was a unique platform to interact with each other to enhance efficiency, accuracy and get updated on the technological advancements related to medical records and health information management. There were more than 300 participants from various healthcare fields like Doctors, Medical Records Professionals, Health care Administrators, Medico-legal experts, I.T professionals from the field of Hospital information management and Document Management Software side. It was great experience meeting the experts and understanding current processes, practical challenges in deploying solutions and know the future scope of EDMS solution in the healthcare segment.

    During the event scientific papers on various following topics were presented by delegates and sponsors. To name few which attracted my interest was

    • Digitization of Health Records (Focus on Problems & Prospects)
    • Transition from Health records to Health information management (Focus on Future vision)
    • Legal Aspects of Medical Records (Focus on R.T.I.& C.P.A)
    • Health records and Health insurance (Focus on tackling the challenges)
    • Role of Medical Records in Health Tourism (Focus on records/data sharing)
    • Initiation towards formation of National Health Record Policy & Health Records Council of India (Focus on Implementation Issues)
    • Modern trends and techniques on Medical Records (Focus on present scenario)

    As part of our participation, we had a booth where delegates could walk in and see our solution and engage in discussions. They walked away with information and a chart were they could record information pertaining to the medical records they handled. We also got an opportunity to present our solution on the need to digitization of paper based medical records and the importance of integrating an EDMS solution with HIS, HMIS, EMR, EHR and other applications in the organisation. During one of the panel discussions, there was a discussion on the need to work towards standardizing curriculum for Medical Record Professional. One of the delegates suggested having online examinations for Medical Record professionals which I felt was a very valid point in today’s times.

    Contributed by Harshad Thakkar

  • DMS – some reality bites

    In communication methods followed in the past, paper had a great significance but now the modern times the usage of paper as a mode of communication has significantly reduced. Transfer of knowledge from generation to generation in the form of books, manuals still follows but the way the next gen accesses the same has changed considerably. This could be one possible reason why people embrace information and data in digital mode. The demand for audio books is gaining more popularity across the world. Email is one of the most used means of communication in the new world. The use of electronic fax is now more common in offices. Diminishing forest area, unprecedented climate change and other changes affecting the quality of life have provoked people to go with the concept of GoGreen which discourages the use of paper. In modern cities, the ever increasing cost of real estate also plays a significant role and as a result storing paper documents turns out to be prohibitively expensive.

    Managing sensitive paper documents and sharing selective information is also a tedious task if you don’t have the information in a digitised manner. Even though a vast majority of users are aware of the above facts and accept the need of a document management solution in their environment, excuses like DMS solution being very expensive, no need to store documents in a centralised location, not much volume of paper to justify the need to go in for a software, information stored is not that sensitive etc. are commonly heard. There still are users who are comfortable with paper and many might not be willing to change over to a completely digital way of doing things. There is a notion among a set of people that electronic documents can be easily manipulated and some says their subsidiaries are still relying on paper documents hence their preference also needs to be considered.

    The paperless office remains a myth no doubt and there is not a single software which can be a one-for-it-all to address the requirement of a myriad of users but surely if you look for the right solution, there is one which will fit your needs.

    Contributed by Ashish Baby

  • Green IT solutions

    Environmental issues have become increasingly important to businesses as legislation increases, and customers take more notice of a company’s ‘green’ credentials when making purchasing decisions. In fact, a study by GfK Roper Consulting showed that 79% of Americans take a company’s environmental practices into consideration when choosing products to purchase. Companies are therefore working hard to reduce carbon footprints and meet their sustainability targets, and making changes to the way documents are sent and stored can be a good place to start.