SharePoint Integration in Healthcare

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There are many specific ways SharePoint can make running a Healthcare facility run more smoothly. After considering some of the current problems in the Healthcare industry, and ways that SharePoint can help, you may still have questions. What can be digitized? How will it help the workflow, overall? Let’s take a look at a few more specific ways SharePoint can help when integrated with the Healthcare industry.

Digitization of Documents

Having paper files is fine, but more clinics and hospitals today are starting to turn those files into digital files. This makes them easier to pull up, harder to lose, and more readily available all around. When talking about digitizing documents with SharePoint, it is important to remember the libraries that are available. You can easily put documents exactly where they need to be, so that they are organized. For example, you can keep E prescriptions in a library. This makes them quick and easy to get to. On top of that, billing reports, scheduling documents, and even EMR databases can be stored in SharePoint libraries.

Reporting

You need to share certain information with health insurance companies. You may also need to share some of this information with business partners. With KPIs and reporting for Workflows, this is easy. As with digitized documentation, when you keep this information in one spot, it is less likely to be lost. More people can access it when needed. These reports can also be pulled up in the future if need be.

Searching

When you need information, and you need it now, it can be impossible to wait while someone digs through a file. With SharePoint, searches are quick and easy. No matter what you need, as long as it is on the site, you will be able to find it. Do you need the contact information of another doctor? Are you searching for a diagnostics report? Is there reference material you need to look at? All of these can be done through searches on SharePoint.

Keeping track of documents, reporting options, and even searching can all make the facility run smoothly. The better the facility runs, the more time and money is saved. SharePoint is a quick and easy program to use. With a SharePoint site, you can easily connect between multiple facilities, as well. Sharing documents that have been digitized or reports that have been filed becomes much more simple than it once was.

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Healthcare as an industry is experiencing dramatic change in its IT landscape. A very important factor for Healthcare IT is to comply with critical healthcare compliances like HIPAA and making investments in computer systems and software and their security more important than ever. As well in order to improve the quality of care there is an absolute need of integrated and collaborative systems providing patient information and medical reference knowledge to the medical decision makers at the point of clinical decision making.