Clinical Access to Legacy Medical Records: Key for Patient Safety
Clinical Access to Legacy Medical Records: Key for Patient Safety When healthcare organizations move to a new EHR platform, patient safety can be jeopardized if clinicians do not have continued access to complete and accurate medical records. Along with avoiding severe medical errors, accurate records that are easily accessible can help improve decision support, patient […]
Cyber Security Archive Action Plan
Cyber Security Archive Action Plan For healthcare organizations, long-term data storage poses certain risks if not managed carefully. One way to mitigate these risks is to develop a cyber security archive action plan and rely on an active archive to secure their high-value data. However, before we explore the specifics of how to take the […]
Record Retention for Closing Hospitals & Practices
Record Retention for Closing Hospitals & Practices If your practice or hospital is unfortunately needing to close their doors in the near future, it’s time to consider and develop a record retention strategy to handle your organization’s medical data. The following are a few tips and recommendations for securing electronic medical records and other records […]
Archiving Allscripts EMR
Archiving Allscripts EMR Whether you are in the process of migrating from Allscripts EMR to a new system or you are consolidating your disparate legacy systems including your Allscripts EMR – understanding what to do with your legacy data is an important step in maintaining access and compliance with your healthcare data. Archiving your Allscripts […]
Legacy Data Options With The Sunsetting of EHRs
Legacy Data Options With The Sunsetting of EHRs Is your current Electronic Health Record (EHR) software being sunsetted by your vendor? Many vendors may choose to sunset their current software and product options when new software has been developed or when they undergo acquisitions and mergers within the EHR system market. Your vendor may be […]
Considerations for Legacy Data Archival Projects
Considerations for Legacy Data Archival Projects Healthcare organizations oftentimes have at least one or more legacy systems that they are maintaining for compliance and access purposes. Choosing to take on a legacy data archival project is the first step in reducing potential compliance errors, reduce your IT footprint, and eliminating unnecessary maintenance costs. While it […]
Advantages of Archiving Health Information
Advantages of Archiving Health Information Archiving health information poses a number of advantages, but many healthcare organizations are unaware of what makes this such a valuable solution. Today, we’ll discuss some of the many advantages of archiving health information, including satisfying PHI regulatory requirements, providing better patient care, and reducing IT costs. Advantages of Archiving […]
Developing a Strategy to Manage Legacy Data
Developing a Strategy to Manage Legacy Data As your healthcare organization grows and ages, so does the amount of legacy data you need to manage. If you don’t have a strategy in place to address this legacy data, it can quickly become overwhelming and lead to problems down the road. Today, we’ll discuss the many […]
Good Clinical Practice: A Guide to Clinical Data Archiving
Good Clinical Practice: A Guide to Clinical Data Archiving Clinical archiving allows healthcare organizations to store and manage data from multiple sources in a singular location. This can include patient records, clinical images, and other forms of data. By moving healthcare data from legacy EHRs to a common archive, healthcare organizations benefit in many ways. […]
Legacy Data Solutions for Closing Hospitals
Legacy Data Solutions for Closing Hospitals Rural hospitals are ceasing operations at an alarming rate. This is a result of many factors, including dwindling patient populations, lack of funding, and the high cost of medical care. As these hospitals close their doors, the question arises: What happens to all of the medical records and other […]
