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Records Management Strategies
Learn about best practices, tips, and tricks to help your organization simplify the creation, maintenance, and disposal of records.
Scanning photos is a great way to preserve cherished memories and document family history. For many people, photo albums hold decades of captured moments, and gathering around them to relive these memories has long been a shared tradition. But as we all know, photographs don’t last forever. They fade, can be easily damaged by water
HIPAA is a law that almost everyone has heard of, but not many outside of the healthcare industry fully understand. While most people know it’s meant to protect personal information, the specifics of what it actually protects—and how—are often unclear. In this article, we’ll explain what HIPAA is, why it was created, and how it
Keeping records accurate and up to date can be challenging, especially for businesses still relying on paper files. Physical documents can easily become disorganized, leaving your team buried under paperwork, which makes it difficult to track updates and maintain consistency across your records. This disorganization can quickly lead to confusion. Even a single missing or
Managing medical records has always been a challenge for healthcare providers, but the shift towards paperless recordkeeping is greatly simplifying the process. With many practices moving away from traditional paper recordkeeping, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are becoming the new standard, offering streamlined management of patient charts, improved accuracy in documentation, and enhanced accessibility to
In the healthcare industry, maintaining accurate, complete, and secure records is critical. Medical practices need to manage a wide variety of records, including patient charts, employment documents, financial statements, insurance forms, and more. However, the sheer volume and variety of documents that need to be managed can be challenging, each governed by its own set
Properly managing your records is one of the most important responsibilities you have as a business. However, with the sheer volume of information you need to keep track, keeping up with it all can be a bit overwhelming. Mismanaging your records can result in lost documents, legal compliance issues, and operational inefficiencies that can cause
Keeping up with regulatory rules and compliance requirements can feel overwhelming, but it’s a necessary part of running a successful business. While it can be frustrating at times, these regulations provide a framework that helps you protect your data, your clients’ data, and your business’s reputation. However, monitoring regulatory compliance is much more challenging when
Digital document management is more accessible and affordable than ever before, prompting businesses of all kinds to embrace paperless recordkeeping. A well-designed cloud-based document management system (DMS) can be transformative for companies managing large volumes of records, especially those still using paper or microfiche. These systems offer an efficient, secure, and accessible way to manage
When it comes to storing documents in a compact, durable format, microfiche and microfilm have been the go-to choice for records storage for decades. Government agencies, museums, and libraries have relied on these formats for years, using them to archive everything from historical documents to public records. It’s also not unusual for individuals to have
While recordkeeping practices vary from one court to another, most courts maintain at least some of their records on paper. Although going fully paperless might not be possible, scanning court records enhances access to information and streamlines records management.