Your patients' medical records must be protected. This, you already know. The best way to go about protecting them, however, can be a conundrum. The best way to keep your patients’ medical records safe is by going electronic. Let's take a look at why electronic medical records (EMRs) security is better than the alternative:                               

When establishing record retention guidelines for businesses, it is important to consider two factors: the laws governing your record retention and the technology that you can use to manage it. That being said, here are the guidelines for record retention that every business in Canada should follow:

It goes without saying that your company's financial records are very important. But how long should you keep them for? The required record retention period for financial records must be closely adhered to. Here are some reasons why not complying can have a seriously negative impact on your business:

The use of electronic medical records (EMRs) is a virtual mandate for Canadian medical practices. They increase efficiency, save lots of money, and help doctors and medical assistants do their jobs better. However, the growing prevalence of EMRs also means that a new set of government policies have inevitably arisen. This means that you will have to change the way that you manage your EMRs in order to comply with these new policies.

If you have decided that you want to upgrade your medical practice's logistical operations to include electronic medical records (EMRs), then you need to stop, breathe, and take a step back. While you are making the right decision switching from paper medical records to EMRs, making this change will be a headache if you do not use the right methods - the wrong methods for electronic medical records implementation can cause a lot of serious issues, including:

Is your business meeting all of the record retention requirements that it should be? Records are critical for every business' operation, so if your answer to the above question is no – or you are not sure – then you have some work to do. You need to be 100 per cent sure that your business is handling its records the right way by making certain that you are meeting all of the record retention requirements for businesses like yours. To make sure that you are doing everything that you need to do in order to effectively manage records for your business, we are going to look at the record retention requirements that you need to follow.     

You have probably already heard that paperless medical records are the future. Your peers in the medical industry may be discussing them right now. What you may not be aware of, however, is why they will be so pivotal for the way that health practitioners operate. Let's take a look at the reasons why:

Our increasing dependence upon computers has mandated that the government take action to protect us. As a result, there has been a great deal of records management legislation passed over the past few years. There has been so much legislation enacted, in fact, that it can be overwhelming for anybody whose career doesn't involve politics to try and sift through. That is where we come in. In order to make sure that you are fully prepared for the latest changes in the law, we are going to provide you with the following ultimate cheat sheet on records management law.

Badly managed hospital records can cause a bevy of problems, including mixed up patient medical records, bad scheduling and even malpractice. Needless to say, if your hospital record management efforts are failing, then you need to act right now to fix it. Fortunately, it is possible to resuscitate your failing hospital records management system. Here is how to do it: