CHIMA Professional Practice Brief: Electronic Document Management as a component of the Electronic Health Record

The Health Care industry has been discussing electronic health records (EHR) for several decades. The industry has moved toward completely computerized electronic health records. A variety of technologies have contributed to this evolutionary process, including point-of-care clinical documentation, clinical data repositories, and automated results. The cumulative effect has resulted in slow but steady progress toward an EHR.

EDMS (Electronic Document Management Solution) is a key component of the electronic health record. This practice brief is a compilation of best practices detailing the key steps or issues in implementing an EDMS. A number of steps and guidance focus on document imaging technology because of the impact on the HIM department but is only one component  of the EDMS technology.

Step 1. Determine your information technology strategy

Step 2. Understand the technology options, issues and functionality

Step 3. Planning phase

Step 4. Implementation phase

Step 5. Post implementation phase

For the full practice brief, please visit: : https://www.echima.ca/media/documents/PPB/0008.08_EDMS.pdf