Data Capture Activity
You are the Health Information Manager at a 300 bed hospital (Curtin Hospital). Curtin Hospital have decided to commence scanning of forms as opposed to a paper based medical record. The Chief Executive Officer- Matthew Painter, has requested a report on considerations relating to the scanned record. He wishes to know how the scanned record will be managed and the standards or legislation that are required to be followed.
In the report you will need to address:
• Background information,
• Discussion of the exsisting system,
• Brief discussion of the current standard used to manage forms (AS2828.1- Paper-based Health Care Records),
• Comparison of the standard related to the management of electronic data (AS2828.2-Digitised (scanned) health record requirements,
• Consideration to how you will manage the transistion to a scanned form,
• Any other requirements (i.e. protocol around inclusion of information on a form, demographics, bar-coding etc).