| Today's healthcare providers face intense economic and competitive pressure as they strive to increase the quality of care they deliver to more customers at lower costs. To meet that challenge requires strong clinical, operational and informational infrastructures. Still dominated by host-based specialized information systems, healthcare organizations are beginning to look toward client/server information infrastructures that support the integrated, yet distributed, processing of these applications. But this transition will likely be a gradual one, constrained by financial, organizational and technical considerations.
In the interim, many healthcare organizations are gaining immediate competitive and financial benefits by implementing specific client/server solutions built around document imaging, workflow and COLD technologies for patient accounting, medical records and other healthcare applications. When properly designed and implemented, these systems deliver rapid payback and pave the way toward the fully-integrated client/server healthcare information network of tomorrow.
This eGuide analyzes the use of document imaging and workflow technology within the healthcare environment, including a discussion of the benefits and most appropriate application areas for these technologies. This guide also addresses the technical, cultural and organizational issues you'll need to consider when implementing document imaging solutions. |
