Iron Mountain Offers Comprehensive Health Information Management Program
Hospitals Save Money and Simplify Medical
Records Management with Fully-Outsourced Active File Room Operations
from Iron Mountain
May 16, 2005
Boston, MA - Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the
leader in outsourced records management and data protection services,
today announced the wide-scale availability of its Comprehensive Health
Information Management (CHM) program, a fully-outsourced medical
records file room operation. The program is geared toward helping major
healthcare providers drive down costs, increase efficiencies and
prepare for the deployment of the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
“In today’s environment, healthcare providers are expected to deliver
optimum levels of service to their patients while dealing with slashed
budgets, higher operating costs and a growing number of healthcare
regulations. They are further challenged with the issue of the decade:
preparing for the inevitable Electronic Healthcare Record,” said Mark
Rempe, Vice President of Iron Mountain’s Health Information Services.
“By choosing to outsource their records management operation to Iron
Mountain, hospitals will benefit from reduced costs, increased
efficiencies – and perhaps most importantly, they will be better
prepared for a move toward the EHR. We’re offering healthcare providers
the benefit of Iron Mountain’s best practices that have been refined
over the last 20 years serving more than 1300 hospital customers.”
Iron Mountain’s CHM program enables hospitals to significantly reduce
costs associated with medical record storage by consolidating and
outsourcing their entire file room operations. Iron Mountain’s service
employs a holistic approach to medical records management that enables
hospitals to combine active and inactive medical records into a single
system. And by outsourcing the file maintenance operations, health
information management professionals can focus on more strategic issues
such as billing, revenue improvement and EHR implementation planning.
Through an initial consulting engagement, Iron Mountain offers
healthcare providers the opportunity to evaluate and streamline their
existing medical records operations in preparation for the EHR. In
addition, Iron Mountain’s unique Virtual Unit Patient Record (VUPR) is
supported by a fully indexed, software-based file tracking system.
Regardless of a medical record’s physical location or the volume of
records, customers are provided with a consolidated view of all
components of their medical records via Iron Mountain’s online portal
with 24/7/365 access.
Under the CHM program, records are stored and managed in either an
existing Iron Mountain records center or in a purpose-built and/or
customer-dedicated facility, depending on the healthcare provider’s
unique needs. These Iron Mountain facilities are designed with
state-of–the art security and fire protection systems and with
specialized open-shelf filing systems designed specifically for storage
of x-ray film and medical records of all types.
As part of the program, healthcare organizations can take advantage of
Iron Mountain’s broad portfolio of Health Information Services
including:
Image-On-Demand: provides scanning operations that speed delivery of hardcopy medical records and helps prepare for the EHR
X-Ray-On-Demand: enables digitization of X-ray films and secure delivery via the Internet directly into existing PACS systems
Release of Information: reduces costs and simplifies Release of Information obligations by fulfilling requests off-site, directly from Iron Mountain
Secure Shredding services: ensuring certified destruction of medical records in compliance with HIPAA
Master Patient Index clean-up: automatically manages retention
schedules and removes duplicate and incorrect entries from the Master
Patient Index ensuring greater accuracy in patient information
The CHM program is customized to the healthcare provider’s business
requirements. For more information, healthcare providers can call
1-800-899-IRON or email CHM@ironmountain.com.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps
organizations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated
with information protection and storage. The Company offers
comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along
with the expertise and experience to address complex information
challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory
compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a
trusted partner to more than 90,000 corporate clients throughout North
America, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com
Contact:
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Laura Sudnik
Public Relations
Iron Mountain
Phone: 617-535-2907
laura.sudnik@ironmountain.com