excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 99% Microfiche becoming a memory Summary: While it has an electronic laboratory information system, the center was still sending reports from that system out to be microfiched. "We wanted to find a better system for storing, indexing and retrieving laboratory information. I wanted to get away from relying on microfilm," Foret says. What it decided on was a link from their laboratory information system to a MedPlus (Cincinnati) OptiMaxx... 88% Insurance records management earns million... Summary: By Kim Ann Zimmermann HealthTrust (Nashville, TN) is a document management consulting firm that, among other things, works for hospitals that want to be sure their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement requests are coded properly. "We felt there had to be a way to centralize the process while having the documents remain at the hospital," she says. The documents are scanned and coded elec... 88% Amtrak traces steps of Empire State Building sh Summary: Imaging World, April 21st, 1997 Amtrak traces steps of. Now, instead of three people, there is one person performing that job. "But we proved to ourselves we could handle a high-volume period." He also preaches regular maintenance of the scanner. Amtrak also eventually want to be able to fax out from the system. 86% Cox Health improves records access Reallocatin... Summary: Cox Health improves records access. While centralizing records was the goal, there were some concerns about security. "This is where there was the most immediate need for quick access to patient records," Nelson says. Only those needing immediate access were given a passcode to access patient records. "While we want everyone who needs access to the records to have that access, we haven't opened... 85% LaPorte gains efficiency with fingerprinting s... Summary: By Kim Ann Zimmermann The goal at LaPorte Hospital (LaPorte, IN) was to have a unique identifier for patients. The only unique identifier the hospital could come up with was the patient's fingerprints. "We didn't want to replace the records management system we had. We just wanted a more efficient way of identifying our patients," Shebel says. The hospital also wants to scan a patient's... 84% Raytheon shares data across the sea Electronic Summary: "We needed data in both locations. A system configured with user involvement. We had two gentlemen in the U.K. who were also involved--one engineer and one involved in system support." Currently, the system contains all the product and maintenance data on the Beech corporate jets. "Probably the first benefit was to have all data accessible from any point," Tos says. 84% Small law office looks to go mobile Summary: Small law office looks to go mobile. Groupwise can launch Watermark documents or link them to an E-mail document. It tells me where I can find it. Reading a 30-page document in an E-mail is too time-consuming. All I need to know is where I can get the document." 82% Automated cleanup rids systems of worthless im... Summary: Future forms will be measured against that form and will be adjusted for skew and other attributes against the original form. "This is especially important when you are doing recognition on particular zones on a form," says Macciola. The forms recognition capability will also scale the image to match the form. For example, contrast may be more important than skew, but OCR readabiliy in a... 82% Display for document imaging A product sample... Summary: The 21-in. and 21-in. The PrecisionView 21, a 21-in. The 21-in. to 21-in. 79% Application integration: An essential ingredient Summary: Additionally, there is a host of clinical data management applications that also merits tight integration. To be truly effective, workflow must be fully integrated with the system and its applications. In addition to having workflow integrated with the application, the workflow product should also be fully integrated with the database as well. Integrated workflow does not mean that the workflow... 79% News Shorts 4-21-97 Summary: SOME NEW JERSEY TAX RECORDS.. A NEW SEMINAR SERIES. ADVANCING INDUSTRY SPECS. RECORD STORAGE WAREHOUSE ARSON VICTIM. IMAGINATION SOFTWARE PARTNERS. 78% Voice of the future Interactive voice respons... Summary: Interactive voice response. Many of the callers need basic information about their accounts, such as "when is my next payment due?" Most of those requests can be handled by the customers themselves, without an operator, using an innovative approach to information management. Information Management Consultants (IMC, McLean, VA) and Voicetek (Chelmsford, MA) worked together on an interactive voice... 77% Component success stories Input/capture Summary: They needed a simple "file and find" imaging system, Nowak said. "We are always looking for technology with a customer service impact, and this definitely had a customer service impact," he said. With component imaging, there are no assumptions. "The way service bureau customers want images is never the same," said Naghshineh. This isn't to say that the component imaging approach is just for... 76% Hot Products Summary: Mass production CD-ROM system. The MPS system is available for more than 25 Unix platforms. *. So much in store. Windows NT storage strategies are being formulated by most storage vendors. In addition to the storage options themselves, there is a wide range of storage management products is available. 76% Massive mass storage is coming to a desktop ne... Summary: Imaging World, May 5th, 1997. disc and 1,000 times the capacity of most CD-ROMs. We're adapting this tool to etch information and images into discs. Future versions of Norsam HD-ROM, he says, are expected to hold up to 4 terabytes per disc. With planned enhancements, Norsam HD-ROM may permit up to 12 terabytes of storage per 4.75-in. disc. 76% After imaging, doctors will "never go back" Summary: After imaging, doctors will "never go back". A doctor can be at home or on vacation and use his or her laptop to retrieve a patient record if the need arises. The cardiology practice has invested $95,000 in the document imaging system. Currently, there are about 100,000 documents in Arkansas Cardiology's document imaging system. Remote access to patient records from the hospital also benefits... 75% RAID plays role in strengthening nation's techn Summary: RAID plays role in strengthening nation's techno base. High-availability computing resources are critical at Argonne where almost half of the staff are scientists and engineers. Argonne's timely transfer of technology to industry plays a critical role in strengthening the nation's technology base. Storage challenge. Storage solution. 74% Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Colorado Imaging Solutions Summary: Each server has a 26-GB RAID subsystem and 160 MB RAM. Records for educators already holding certification are on microfilm. The workstations all have 24 MB of RAM. There also have been reductions in the cost of temporary staff and office space. Collins grows, so will its document. 74% Viking implements "planned" migration Summary: It began in 1991 and followed a planned migration through document imaging from micrographics, through hybrid and into electronic imaging, with milestones in 1993 and 1996. system/hybrid imaging milestone. Stage 3 (1996)--electronic document imaging. system milestone. If the match is correct, the operator saves the image. 73% Improved patient care through document imaging Summary: The patient records are available wherever they are needed, with access through workstations on a LAN. Accordingly, it is very important to have an efficient means of entering paper documents into the electronic records system. The images still retain the familiar format of charts and records." The system is being deployed on a LAN throughout the hospital. With document images, the physician has...
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