Saving Time, Money and Reducing Errors with Automated Document Classification
Did you know that many healthcare organizations are still manually sorting through faxed and scanned paper documents and organizing or “classifying” them? Can you believe that? Manually! Even though we are approaching the year 2017 and there are digital solutions to almost everything, this industry chooses to manually classify their very important documents.
The thought that this is an acceptable process among such an important and prestigious industry, completely boggles my mind. I understand that protecting private health information and other security measures are critical, but I keep wondering why they wouldn’t want to streamline this repetitive, manual process and transform these documents into retrievable business-ready data. Think of all of the time, resources, money, and reduction in errors that could be improved upon if their workflow became automated via an advanced OCR solution and Machine Learning.
For example; a typical hospital has one or more fax servers accepting all incoming faxes that are both clinical and non-clinical in nature. Lab results, discharge orders, consultative notes, operative notes are among the incoming document types, along with other clinical documentation, prescription refill requests and even lunch menus from local restaurants. By deploying an Automated Document Classification System, each of these different document types could be routed to its appropriate destination, without delay or the need to print-and-deliver faxes to the correct department. Automating this manual and repetitive process results in a more accurate and efficient workflow.
How Automated Document Classification Works
Automated Document Classification is defined based on your business requirements and documents. Documents may be classified according to subjects or based on other attributes such as; document type, author, printing year, etc.).
Once these classifications are defined, documents stored in an assigned repository or arriving by fax, e-mail or via an upstream workflow, are sent to an Automated Document Classification application. Using a system that has many years worth of data capture experience and comprehensive library of keywords, phrases, contextual clues, and pattern recognition, documents can be recognized as one of your organization’s defined document types. When the document is classified, it can then be directed to designated workflows for further processing or storage.
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