Healthcare Document Management: Cutting costs and improving revenue cycle process efficiency

Healthcare providers are under increasing pressure to improve patient satisfaction. However, allocating the necessary resources to achieve these goals means that hospital administrators must seek greater revenue cycle process efficiency through cost cutting strategies and technology investments. Healthcare Document Management (HCDM) solutions are uniquely positioned to deliver key benefits to administrators and clinicians alike.

Hospital administrators and Revenue Cycle Managers are turning to HCDM solutions for process improvements and direct cost savings. HCDM delivers results through the replacement of manual, paper-based processes with more efficient, automated, computer-based processes.

HCDM is comprised of core technologies including document scanning, centralized electronic storage, and workflow automation. Healthcare industry innovators are deploying HCDM systems as organization-wide enterprise solutions, while others choose an iterative, department-by-department, model.

About David Tourville

Dave Tourville is a healthcare research analyst and consultant with PayStream Advisors, Inc. His prior experience with healthcare providers as a revenue cycle consultant enables him to analyze trends in revenue cycle management and assess the viability of process automation technology solutions. Dave’s areas of focus include patient access, clinical documentation, imaging and workflow, contract management, patient accounting, and accounts receivable. He has worked with all types of providers throughout the country, from small rural community hospitals to large urban teaching facilities, and has worked side-by-side with front-line staff, department managers, and hospital executives. Dave is currently an MHA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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