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Optimize Your Practice

Eliminate Clutter and Streamline File Storage

As a healthcare professional regularly interacting with patients, you understand the challenges of managing countless paper-based medical records.

Seize this chance to modernize your practice, enhance your services, and conserve time and energy. Planning to retire soon? Conclude your career with the confidence that your mandated medical records are safeguarded by cutting-edge digital technology.

Scanned medical records are safe, accessible, and easy to work with.

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Thousands

of charts have been scanned to date and many doctors now enjoy the following benefits

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  • Room space reclaimed from otherwise occupied by shelves with medical charts.
  • Fast retrieval of medical records of current and inactive patients.
  • Privacy and confidentiality of medical files.
  • Peace of mind that patients’ medical data is secure from fire, flood, or from other disaster or pests that may destroy the physical charts.
  • Ongoing compliance with the requirement to keep the medical history of patients for a period of 5+ years since their last visit ( State medical record retention requirements).

Here's what we offer

Maintaining the privacy of your documents is our number one priority. We conform to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and are in accordance with the American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics.

Choose a medical file scanning packages that is right fit for you:

  • Moving your medical charts from drawers/shelves and packing them in shipping boxes complete with labeling.
  • Arranged transfer of packed medical files to our production facility.

  • Preparation of medical records by removing staples, paper clips, Post-It notes and fixing damaged documents.
  • Checking against misfiled records.
  • Labeling/coding records, if required.
  • High-speed medical records scanning followed by two stages of quality check.
  • Indexing of scanned medical files for fast search and retrieval.
  • Supplying you with medical charts in PDF format on two encrypted USB or CD media for on and off site storage.
  • Secure shredding of physical charts upon confirmation. Storage options are also available
  • Certification of scanned data. Certificate of destruction.

Specifications for medical records scanning

  • Scanned to PDF at minimum 300 dpi. Scanning to PDF-A, TIFF format also available;
  • Originals of all sizes accepted. Scanned both sides. Blank pages checked and removed;
  • Poor quality originals will have image enhanced;
  • Originals that are hard to scan on regular scanners, e.g. cardiograms, dark-tinted paper, text on dark background, pencil markups will be improved to remarkable quality;
  • Imaged at 1:1 ratio and matched paper size and proper text direction;
  • Files indexed as "Last name, First name.pdf". Advanced indexing available, e.g. Personal Health Number, Patient ID, date of birth, etc.;
  • Delivered on encrypted USB drive or CD/DVD disk;
  • Original charts are securely shredded upon confirmation.

Our services are confidential. Our premises are secure. Data is encrypted. Staff is cleared and trained by physicians. Licensed and insured.

FAQ: Medical Document Scanning

Can medical records be digitized?

Yes, hard copy medical records can be scanned into a digital image format.

ScanHouse America provides medical files scanning services near Seattle, Washington, and around Washington State and surrounding areas in the United States.

Where can I scan a Medical Resords?

If you want to digitize Medical Resords, ScanHouse America can help. Contact us to get some free guidance and a quote for services. 

Our secure document scanning services are located near Seattle, Washington. We have a Free pickup or delivery of originals from/to your location within the Greater Seattle Area.
However, we can scan document projects for clients from in and around Washington State and surrounding areas in the United States.

What types of medical records can you scan?

ScanHouse America can scan all forms of paper medical records, as well as paper “EKG” type strips and X-ray films.

What are bulk document scanning services?

Bulk document scanning services involve the process of converting large volumes of physical documents into digital format. This document scanning service is particularly useful for organizations that need to digitize their archives, such as office documents, libraries with extensive book collections, or medical facilities with patient records.

The service typically includes preparing the documents (like removing staples and straightening papers), scanning documents using high-speed scanners, and then indexing the digital files in a structured manner. Advanced services may also offer optical character recognition (OCR) to make the documents searchable and editable.

This process helps save physical storage space, enhances data security, and improves the accessibility and manageability of the information contained in these documents.

ScanHouse America provides bulk document scanning services near Seattle, Washington, and around Washington State and surrounding areas in the United States.

What kinds of healthcare documents can I scan?

Our medical scanning service is helpful for various needs, such as:

  • Patient Records
  • Medical Billing
  • Pharmacy Routing
  • Electronic fax archiving and processing for inbound and outbound documents
  • Medical Claims Processing
Can you handle personal information?

Yes, ScanHouse America's scanning facilities adhere to HIPAA standards, ensuring the secure handling and digitization of documents with PHI (Protected Health Information) and PII (Personally Identifiable Information).

Why is HIPAA Compliance important to my Medical Record?

HIPAA Compliance is a rule set by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. It says that your health information must stay private between you and your doctor. This information, known as PHI (Protected Health Information), should be kept safe and not shared with anyone else unless you agree. When PHI is scanned and becomes ePHI, it still needs the same protection to stop anyone from seeing it without permission, whether by mistake or on purpose. ScanHouse America uses methods, technology, and facilities that follow or go beyond what the Health and Human Services Department requires.

What are the considerations to make before transitioning to an EHR (electronic medical record)?
  • Which historical patient information should be available during and after the transition?
  • What are the best methods of converting this information for use with your current EHR system? (if applicable)
  • What is the best way to ensure that the converted documents are of sufficient quality?
  • How long should the paper record be available after the scanning process is complete?
What is the difference between EMR and EHR?

Electronic Medical Record and Electronic Health Record are two different terms for essentially the same meaning.

Do you have a Medical Record scanning service near me?

Our secure document scanning facility is located near Seattle, Washington. We have a Free pickup or delivery of originals from/to your location within the Greater Seattle Area.
However, we can scan document projects for clients from in and around Washington State and surrounding areas in the United States.
We can also send you any document you require in electronic form if you need it before the scanning project is through.

If you’re interested in learning how we can help your practice, contact us today.