Understand Medical Record Indexing process and its Outsourcing Benefits

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Understand Medical Record Indexing process and
its Outsourcing Benefits
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Medical Record Indexing process

• Retrieval of Medical Reports as and when required
  is essential for timely diagnosis and treatment
  based on the patients medical history.

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Medical Record Indexing process
Medical Record Indexing should be the integral
process of any healthcare system irrespective of
the practice or hospital size for storage of
patients records without loss and easy retrieval.
However, accumulation of patient reports over
the years can make the documentation and storage
process bulky and onerous which indirectly might
delay attention to patient services.
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With the US Federal Government mandating Physical
Medical Records to be retained for minimum of
seven to ten years, it is crucial that every
practice and physician group has an effective
process for Medical Records to be indexed
appropriately to secure PHI.

• Federal Law on Medical Records Maintenance

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Process of Indexing Medical Records

• Medical Records Indexing is the process of
  maintaining or arranging the patients medical
  reports in the Chronological order or in
  alphabetical, numerical or by DOS, Specialty,
  Physician Name etc. or by any particular
  methodology the practice or the physician
  requires.

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How to Index Medical Records

• With the technological improvement Medical
  records are now electronically stored which
  necessitates indexing them to locate and retrieve
  later. Files are electronically saved on
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Which saves
  Medical reports from an individual practice or
  hospital
• Electronic Health Records (EHR) Can be accessed
  by anywhere and help transmit medical records as
  required.

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Benefits of Outsourcing Medical Record Indexing
Process

• Skilled workforce producing quality results at
  competitive price
• Quick and timely Process resulting in great
  patient care and Quality Medical Billing
• Instantly retrievable data Indexed as per the
  clients requisition
• Efficient Indexing of Medical Records leads to
  Quality and Timely Patient Care
• Safe and secure Data Management to ensure PHI is
  accessible only to authorized users
• Easy location of specific data or report by
  Healthcare Practitioners and Physicians

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