DMS for Small Clinics: How to Manage Records like a Hospital
As a small clinic, you have limited resources to handle records. Compare your situation to a hospital boasting a large staff, with an IT department and a dedicated system to manage all their documents; your clinic needs a helping hand. Filework is unskippable whether you're a health professional or working in administration. If you don’t have the workplace strength to manage an influx of documents (like a hospital does), implementing a document management solution can help. This article aims to explore the reasons to use a DMS as a small clinic as well as the means to manage your documents like a hospital does. Why use a DMS? Most hospitals use electronic health records (EHR) or electronic medical record (EMR) systems. These are focused solutions built to manage medical records for hospitals. Consequently, they are expensive and hard to implement; they are also restricted to storing only specific types of medical forms, not the rest of your documents. Users require extensive trai