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BH FileStore EHR™: Electronic Health Records Archiving

As the adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems proliferates, the amount of tier-1 storage needed to support those systems is growing exponentially. Paper charts are being replaced by electronic charts, moving the patient’s Legal Medical Record online. Documentation collected at registration (e.g., driver’s license, proof of insurance,
living will) as well as created during treatment (e.g., EKG strips, medication orders) or at discharge (e.g., patient discharge instructions, prescriptions) is being scanned and archived as part of the patient’s complete Electronic Health Record. While this data needs to be retained for many years, the frequency of access to this data declines substantially over time. Storing this data on expensive tier-1 storage is neither efficient nor cost-effective.
BH FileStore EHR reduces reliance on expensive tier-1 storage, decreasing costs and easing the burden on hospital IT teams.
BH FileStore EHR is a policy-based storage management system for critical healthcare data. It automatically identifies and repositions patient records to the most cost-appropriate storage devices, thus freeing up room on expensive tier-1 storage and eliminating the need to repeatedly back up unchanging data.

BH FileStore EHR manages electronic patient records in accordance with policies that you set. For example, while you will likely want to house these files on the primary storage tier for the duration of a patient visit, it is more cost-effective to move them to a protected archive once the treatment period has concluded. Similarly, you could choose to have inactive files automatically archived after a specific number of days have elapsed. With BH FileStore EHR, you are in full control of how the data is managed.

And the benefits extend beyond storage management. All data archived with FileStore EHR is de-duplicated, compressed, encrypted, and the content is fully indexed. In this way you are building a secure repository for patient records that is accessible from all your critical applications. Your HIS or Physician Portal can access this data to present a complete patient record; these applications need not house the data, they can simply query the repository as needed. Thus, scanned documents that may not be a part of your current EHR solution can be easily incorporated into the patient record.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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