The ability to easily and efficiently capture, store, retrieve, access, and manage a patient’s record in electronic format is essential for controlling healthcare costs, improving efficiencies and enhancing patient care. Additionally, seamlessly integrating these capabilities within an overall electronic medical record (EMR) initiative to enable instant and simultaneous access to the correct patient information is paramount. 3M Health Information Systems Document Management and Imaging products and services empower healthcare organizations to increase the usability of their patient data while increasing efficiency, reducing risk exposure and enhancing overall patient care ... all with a lower cost of ownership.

• Promotes immediate, simultaneous, and secure access to the right information by the right people at the right time
• Decreases operational costs
• Reduces scanning backlog
• Fuels staff productivity
• Improves organizational quality
• Eliminates the need for costly and time-consuming forms redesign, as well as the maintenance of costly forms inventories
• Removes the need for paper-based chart completion, resulting in a dramatically reduced need for provider visits to the medical records department
• Reduces the opportunity for misfiled records
• Supports compliance with regulatory requirements and mandates
• Increases availability of patient information

• Disclosure Management
• Document Management and Viewing
• Electronic Signature
• Health Information Exchange
• Scanning, Imaging and Forms Management
• Workflow
• 3M Document Management Solutions (PDF)