Understand Medical Record Indexing process and its Outsourcing Benefits

1. Understand Medical Record Indexing process and its Outsourcing Benefits

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Process of Indexing Medical Records: • Medical Records Indexing is the process of maintaining or arranging the patient’s 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.

6. 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.

7. 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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