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As more and more hospitals move to a paperless environment and patient care providers adopt new technologies that capture increasing amounts of data, the need for true Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) grows apace.
ILM means different things to different people, but when we consider the sensitive nature of the data in healthcare, ILM for MEDITECH hospitals should mean intelligent, secure management of that data, from creation to disposal, in a manner that aligns the organization's costs with the changing value of the data.
Scanning and Archiving's Role in Increasing ILM Needs
From the moment a hospital implements MEDITECH's Health Care Information System (HCIS), they begin amassing sensitive data that needs to be preserved, protected, and managed. The incorporation of MEDITECH's Scanning and Archiving (SCA) module takes this to a new level. Using SCA, organizations can electronically capture and store information needed to create and maintain complete, legal charts using a system that is fully integrated with their HCIS. With this development, the need for true ILM reaches a new level.
The Key Elements of ILM
ILM starts with primary storage of data, but in order to meet the above-mentioned goal of aligning the organization's costs with the changing value of the data, the need quickly arises to implement a tiered storage approach that allows the hospital to send less valuable data to less expensive (and responsive) storage media. The key to implementing such an approach, however, is not the type of storage an organization chooses but, rather, is the policies and procedures put into place to determine what data moves where, when, and how. This is the heart of true ILM.
Once these policies are in place, a complete picture begins to evolve that will incorporate long-term, enterprise-wide data archival needs and that will dovetail with your organization's Healthcare Operational Continuance strategy.
JJWild's Information Lifecycle Management solutions are designed to meet MEDITECH hospitals' end-to-end data management needs. From our consulting services designed to facilitate the successful implementation and adoption of Scanning and Archiving to our design services that address how your MEDITECH data integrates into an enterprise-level ILM strategy, our experienced engineers and consultants partner with our customers to ensure that your information is managed intelligently throughout its entire lifecycle.
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