More space, more speed. Scanning technology and COLD help improve document imaging.
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio


OBJECTIVE
The 100-year-old-plus medical center needed a reliable, economical and easy-to-use document storage method that provided a long and secure archival life.


METHODS
Children's adopted Hewlett-Packard magneto-optical jukeboxes and Optika software.


RESULTS
Since the jukeboxes became operational in January 1998, Children's has maintained "24 x 7 availability" of its stored documents for up to 150 concurrent users without any downtime.


CONCLUSIONS
"We started implementation in the accounting department with patient billing, hospital general ledger, accounts payable and employee payroll, and the document imaging system has quickly gained acceptance in other departments as well."
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D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*; D009820:Ohio; D016249:Optical Storage Devices; D019982:Organizational Case Studies