title: Electronic document management systems: an overview.
abstract: For over a decade, most health care information technology (IT) professionals erroneously learned that document imaging, which is one of the many component technologies of an electronic document management system (EDMS), is the only technology of an EDMS. In addition, many health care IT professionals erroneously believed that EDMSs have either a limited role or no place in IT environments. As a result, most health care IT professionals do not understand documents and unstructured data and their value as structured data partners in most aspects of transaction and information processing systems.
authors.affiliation: Dak Systems Consulting, San Mateo, California, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kohn
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003626:Data Display; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019451:Information Management; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation; D000078329:Workforce