Document Automation Solutions & Successes In Healthcare

Learn how Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Palisades Medical Center, and others are saving hundreds of thousands of dollars annually and improving efficiency thanks to e-forms and document workflow solutions from dbtech.

The healthcare industry regularly generates headlines due to new drugs, new procedures, new discoveries. It extends lives, saves lives and improves everyone's quality of life.

Not nearly as well understood, though, is the role of the health information technology (HIT) sector. A vital part of the healthcare industry, it improves the quality of both medical care and administrative functions by reducing errors, creating efficiencies and generally enabling hospitals, other medical facilities and caregivers to operate more effectively.

So effective is health information technology in supporting the healthcare industry that dramatic growth is projected during the coming years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic predicts HIT jobs will increase 20% annually through 2018. Market research firm RNCOS reports that about $80 billion is now spent on HIT in the U.S., while forecasting a compound annual rate for the sector of around 24% between 2012 and 2014.

Founded in 1983, dbtech is a long-standing information technology partner to healthcare providers. "We are a software company that provides solutions that address issues for improving the administration of hospitals," says Philip N. Kaplan, dbtech's CEO. "We are a recognized leader in information management and reporting systems for hospitals."

The company's client base of about 150 hospitals has multiunit hospital systems such as New Jersey's St. Barnabas Health Care System, and major research institutions, including Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., with community hospitals making up the major portion of clients.

Getting Paid

Electronic medical records (EMRs) receive considerable attention in the press. Understandably, since they provide many benefits and a federal government initiative is underway to have all medical records in the country converted into the electronic format by 2014.

Yet, as important as EMRs are to hospitals, accounts receivable are at least as significant. "The big topic for hospitals today is how do they deal with an evolving and fairly confusing model for getting paid," comments Mr. Kaplan. Access This Content To Read This White Paper In Its Entirety.