A rather large, well-known hospital and its associated community  
health centers here in Orange County CA went totally digital a few  
years ago. Each exam room has a terminal into which the doctor adds  
his notes of the visit and each registration area has desktop  
scanners. I periodically ask my doctor how he likes using the new  
system and what the advantages for him is. He loves having all the  
information clearly available and searchable.

You may want to contact this hospital and see if you can talk to their  
technology people to see how they've dealt with the issues you are  
concerned about. The hospital is Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach (http://www.hoaghospital.org/ 
)



Nolene Sherman
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Tracking where records are kept is what Tiggers and Records Managers  
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On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Mckeage, Anne wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking for advice.
>
> The corporation I'm employed by is a huge organization which  
> operates 7
> hospitals. You can imagine the size and complexity of the records they
> create and need to manage. They digitize all their corporate records  
> and
> want to keep nothing in hardcopy or microforms. I don't know what
> capacity for permanent retention is built into the software they  
> bought
> but I imagine its automatic backups.
>
> I don't like to trust IT guys who have no knowledge or interest in
> records and whose idea of permanence is 20 years because all the
> computer equipment is obsolete in 5 years.
>
> What should I say to the directors who are so comfortable and trusting
> in digital records and the software they've invested in?
>
> Thank you for any feedback you can give me.
>
> Anne
> Anne McKeage
> Archivist/History of Health and Medicine Librarian
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