Accelerating Workflow Through the HIM Department Starts at the Point of Care The HIM Director of a multi-hospital health system was challenged every day by their facility’s traditional medical record scanning process. The centralized process, where paper documentation was prepped, scanned, and indexed post- patient discharge in the HIM Department, did not provide access to a completely electronic patient chart for clinician use and negatively impacted the revenue cycle. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the health system made the decision to transition from their existing EMR to Epic. The new system would eliminate part of the paper patient record issue for the health system. However, the HIM Director knew that she would need to find an efficient solution to incorporate remaining paper docume

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