Learn how Outsourcing provides high-quality indexing solutions to retrieve medical information instantaneously and effortlessly for further processing.

1. Understand Medical Record
Indexing process and its
Outsourcing Benefits

2. Medical Record Indexing process
Retrieval of Medical
Reports as and when
required is essential
for timely diagnosis
and treatment based
on the patients’
medical history.

3. Medical Record Indexing process
Medical Record Indexing should be the
integral process of any healthcare system
irrespective of the practice or hospital size
for storage of patients records without loss
and easy retrieval.
However, accumulation of patient reports
over the years can make the documentation
and storage process bulky and onerous
which indirectly might delay attention to
patient services.

4. With the US Federal Government mandating Physical Medical
Records to be retained for minimum of seven to ten years, it is
crucial that every practice and physician group has an effective
process for Medical Records to be indexed appropriately to
secure PHI.
Federal Law on Medical Records Maintenance

5. Process of Indexing Medical Records:
Medical Records Indexing is the process of maintaining or
arranging the patient’s medical reports in the Chronological
order or in alphabetical, numerical or by DOS, Specialty,
Physician Name etc. or by any particular methodology the
practice or the physician requires.

6. How to Index Medical Records:
With the technological improvement Medical records are
now electronically stored which necessitates indexing them
to locate and retrieve later. Files are electronically saved on
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) – Which saves Medical
reports from an individual practice or hospital
Electronic Health Records (EHR) – Can be accessed by
anywhere and help transmit medical records as required.

7. Benefits of Outsourcing Medical Record Indexing
Process
 Skilled workforce producing quality results at competitive price
 Quick and timely Process resulting in great patient care and Quality Medical
Billing
 Instantly retrievable data Indexed as per the clients requisition
 Efficient Indexing of Medical Records leads to Quality and Timely Patient Care
 Safe and secure Data Management to ensure PHI is accessible only to authorized
users
 Easy location of specific data or report by Healthcare Practitioners and Physicians

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services
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