Worth A Look: Patients Go Paperless-Sort Of

So your hospital just launched its fancy new electronic medical record. Your chief information officer is giddy because you’re one step closer to going paperless. The one hitch? Updating your system with all of that patient information gathered during every visit.

But what if the data was recorded for you? Pearson’s Docuscan Patient History system is designed to do just that. Many patients may be reluctant to use kiosks or other technology intended to digitally capture their information, but this system lets patients fill out forms as they normally would using a “digital pen” that captures what is being written on the “digital paper.” Character recognition and digital capture software automatically records the data for use by your medical office staff.

Want to look into it? Head to www.pearsoned.com to learn more.

—Jay Moore