Comments on: Microfilm Faces Obsolescence as Paper Medical Records Hit the Dust Bin http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rocky http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-29 Rocky Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:06:00 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-29 Buddy, did the flood include a another old man, a boat, and a lot of animals? Come out of the stone age, it's time to wake up and smell the processor. Modern technology is the only way to move into the future. Buddy, did the flood include a another old man, a boat, and a lot of animals? Come out of the stone age, it’s time to wake up and smell the processor. Modern technology is the only way to move into the future.

]]> By: Rev. http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-28 Rev. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:04:08 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-28 1977 there was a flood in the small town I live in. The hospital was affected by this flood as well. They had just installed new computers and thought themselves to be chugging right along with the modern train as well as everyone else. When the flood came it wiped out all of the computers and everything on them. They had these big plastic things they called disks that were destroyed along with all the information on them. Had it not been for the microfilm, microfiche, and paper hardcopies there would have been no records. So, it's not time to put everything into a museum just yet, especially if it is still serving its purpose better than the tempermental modern technologies that you are praising. 1977 there was a flood in the small town I live in. The hospital was affected by this flood as well. They had just installed new computers and thought themselves to be chugging right along with the modern train as well as everyone else. When the flood came it wiped out all of the computers and everything on them. They had these big plastic things they called disks that were destroyed along with all the information on them. Had it not been for the microfilm, microfiche, and paper hardcopies there would have been no records. So, it’s not time to put everything into a museum just yet, especially if it is still serving its purpose better than the tempermental modern technologies that you are praising.

]]> By: Rocky http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-27 Rocky Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:59:17 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-27 Old man I'm not saying that everything old needs to be thrown away, but come on some of this stuff just needs to be put in a museum and forgot about. Medicine grows and expands and the only way to do that is with technology and new innovative approaches. Come on, sometimes you just have to realize some stuff needs to be put in a museum and just forgot about. Old man I’m not saying that everything old needs to be thrown away, but come on some of this stuff just needs to be put in a museum and forgot about. Medicine grows and expands and the only way to do that is with technology and new innovative approaches. Come on, sometimes you just have to realize some stuff needs to be put in a museum and just forgot about.

]]> By: Rev. http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-26 Rev. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:56:03 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-26 Young man, I don't mean to question you but as you get older you'll understand things a little better. Although some of the modern conviences are nice, that doesn't make it better. A day does not go by that I do not hear someone saying how their computer has crashed, or lost information, or just merely screwed up somehow. Just because it's new doesn't make it better, just like because it's older doesn't make it obsolete. Young man, I don’t mean to question you but as you get older you’ll understand things a little better. Although some of the modern conviences are nice, that doesn’t make it better. A day does not go by that I do not hear someone saying how their computer has crashed, or lost information, or just merely screwed up somehow. Just because it’s new doesn’t make it better, just like because it’s older doesn’t make it obsolete.

]]> By: Rocky http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-25 Rocky Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:52:42 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-25 I think modern technology is nothing but great. It can do nothing but make things easier, and more accurate. I know I'm not very old, I'm 24, but I still think it's less cumbersome, and more reliable that the older forms. I think modern technology is nothing but great. It can do nothing but make things easier, and more accurate. I know I’m not very old, I’m 24, but I still think it’s less cumbersome, and more reliable that the older forms.

]]> By: DRDavid http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-18 DRDavid Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:55:46 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-18 My office of 5 people is looking at NextGen for electronic medical filing. What do you think of NextGen, and do you feel electronic filing is better than a hardcopy? My office of 5 people is looking at NextGen for electronic medical filing. What do you think of NextGen, and do you feel electronic filing is better than a hardcopy?

]]> By: thecommunicatorium http://diane10.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/microfilm-faces-obsolescence-as-paper-medical-records-hit-the-dust-bin/#comment-11 thecommunicatorium Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:29:58 +0000 http://diane10.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-11 Hi Diane, This sounds like a great improvement, especially considering storage space costs, but I imagine satisfying security and privacy concerns is a big issue. How has HIPAA influenced the new record storage and retrieval process? DB Hi Diane,

This sounds like a great improvement, especially considering storage space costs, but I imagine satisfying security and privacy concerns is a big issue. How has HIPAA influenced the new record storage and retrieval process?

DB

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