PORTAGE, Mich., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital Network Healthcare Services (HNHS) has tapped SolCom, Inc. to launch a new Document Management Services Program for their partnering and non-partnering hospitals. The service was designed to help the Health Information Management (HIM) departments create a usable electronic record from their paper records.
Like others nation-wide, Michigan HIM departments deal with thousands of pieces of paper. Preparing these documents for storage remains a significant hurdle, especially if the documents need to be indexed for future reference. Until now, scanning and indexing multiple forms quickly and accurately required many hours of prepping and sorting.
By providing all of the hardware, software and staffing to get the documents into a usable record, SolCom will relieve HIM departments from such cumbersome and non-mission-centric duties. In addition, the program is wrapped into a budget-friendly structure which doesn’t require a huge capital expenditure. HNHS saw this as a key benefit for their partnering and non-partnering Michigan hospitals. “We are pleased to add this program to our portfolio of shared services,” says Loren Rhoad, Vice President of HNHS.
SolCom began offering these services so that hospitals, nation-wide could prepare for the EHR. “There’s been an increasing push toward electronic records in the healthcare industry,” said SolCom CEO Marv Addink. Many healthcare systems recognize that EHRs allow better patient care and increase the efficiency of healthcare workers, but few have the significant technical, capital, and time resources to implement such a system. Addink adds, “We felt HNHS fell right in line with our nation-wide efforts. And that is to allow small- to mid-sized hospitals to take advantage of industry-leading resources, which are usually only feasible with a large hospital’s budget.”
About HNHS
HNHS began in 2002 with a collaboration of services between 15 Michigan hospitals. These hospitals include Allegan General Hospital in Allegan, Pennock Hospital in Hastings, Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo and South Haven Community Hospital in South Haven. Other services that HNHS provides are Medical Waste Disposal, Mobile Bone Density and Telehealth. More information is available at http://www.hnhs-solcom.com .
About SolCom
In addition to providing an electronic health record system, SolCom enables hospitals to automate their processes with flexible workflow management tools. Integration tools by SolCom allow organizations to connect existing systems and ultimately establish a comprehensive, enterprise-wide solution. Additional information can be found at http://www.solcominc.com .
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