title: Document management: one paving stone in the path to EHR.
abstract: Reducing the use of paper records through a document management strategy is an essential first step in implementing the electronic health record. Efficient document management can help to decrease claim denials as well as days in accounts receivable-to name only a few benefits.
authors.affiliation: ChartOne, Inc, Burlington, MA, USA. ccottrell@chartone.com
authors.forename: Carlton M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D004282:Documentation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D019451:Information Management / Q000379:methods*; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States