What’s the best way to begin any digital transformation journey? Find a project that is achievable within one month, with the resources you have today, and that is of immediate value to the business.

That’s it. That’s your Plan A. Compare that with most digital transformation projects, which can take a year or more, require significant new headcount and resources, and whose value to the organization is an unproven projection. In our experience, keeping it simple and starting small is the best way to begin any digital transformation journey, not least because several teams can start small in parallel.

Alex McWilliam, Brand Contributor for GoogleCloud and Forbes.com has put together a compelling series detailing paths towards digital transformation within your business. Click here to read more and find out the best plan towards executing your streamlined business solutions.

Keeping records straight is not just good business practice – it is critical to maintaining a productive, functioning company. Having a proper record management system is the foundation which supports business intelligence and the ability to make data-driven decisions which alter the bottom line.

However, businesses are seeing more and more data, such as paper-based documents and digital records, flowing through their core. In other words, keeping track of all of these documents has become a full-time job.

A document management strategy can provide the tools businesses need to keep record management streamlined and in control. Document management solutions rely heavily on workflows to deliver the correct data to the right places. Due to the various ways this can be done, organizations should consider making their records management processes more effective by analyzing it in the context of a document’s lifecycle. Here are five ways to make that happen.

Make document management system more efficient

1. Leverage automation to identify important information

Not all documents are records. Depending on the business, documents such as rough drafts and duplicates do not require the same storage and information management. Likewise, it’s time-consuming and impractical to read through every document for necessary information. It’s essential to leverage automation such as keyword scanners or auto-detection, to identify critical documents and clearly define what document information is important and what constitutes as a record.

2. Integrate devices to assist with document capture

There are many different methods of ​collecting ​document information and records because there are various document sources (scanners, mobile devices, multifunction printers/copiers, etc.). Many offices today rely on ultra-efficient multifunction printers which are capable of performing numerous actions on the same device. Likewise, these devices typically come with software which integrates the printer with the rest of the office workflows.

Click here to read the entire list of steps towards efficient record management or just stay here to solve all of your record management needs. .

Increasing adoption of health information management systems and electronic medical records systems, Growing needs to curtail healthcare costs as well as need to minimize the use of paper, and the need to increase clinical efficiency are key factors contributing to a high CAGR of medical document management during the forecast period.

According to the current analysis of Reports and Data, the global Medical Document Management market was valued at USD 334.5 Million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD 774.5 Million by the year 2026, at a CAGR of 10.4 %. The systems eliminate paper-based processes like record management in the health care sector. The system involves the database of patient’s information related to health in clinics and allows doctors and administrators to make well-informed choices in treatment for particular injury and hospitalization procedures. Using the document template utility, medical offices can plan and deploy customized solutions that enable them to customize to their needs. Text templates can be set up for patient information sheets, lab results, prescriptions, and any other type of text that may be looked-for. Each document template allows for several user-defined fields that can assist with indexing and searching. For example, a lab-result text template may consist of a patient id field, a date field, and a lab name field.

The Research Report conducted by GlobalBankingandFinance.com reports key players in the Medical Document Management Systems market are 3M Company, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, McKesson, Epis Corporation System, Athena Health, Cerner Corporation Siemens, Among others. They also report that the cloud-based system is “expected to witness lucrative growth during the forecast period 2019-2026 with a CAGR of 10.1% owing to the low-cost installation, implementation, and set up of these systems.”

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is implementing a new Enterprise Document/Content Management (ECM) system. The new system will provide a standard, Department-wide approach to document management.

With the new systems put in place, delaware.gov has put together an effective overview/case study on past successes when it comes to ECM’s reducing requests and enhancing work days state wide. This new system allows for central storage and retrieval of documents and information. This system will connect with the DNREC website so these documents are publicly available anytime and anywhere. This is the future of Enterprise Document and Content Management!

Click this link to read delaware.gov’s entire report and see case studies of these systems implemented on past projects. Let us know what you think!

When data files must absolutely, positively remain forever unalterable, immutable storage technology is one affordable approach to consider.

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