The criticality of information in the healthcare industry demands patients' documents to be kept confidential, shared only with the right people, and organized meticulously for accuracy and ease of access. A slight flaw in the system could result in medical failures that are as bad as losing people's lives.
A good file management system can hence be considered vital in this industry. Here are a few ways in which Zoho Docs can help you maintain and manage patient files and records.
Prevent data loss
Healthcare professionals cannot afford to have the risk of losing even a single patient's data. With Zoho Docs, you never have to worry about losing treatment records at all. All data is safely backed up in the cloud and can be accessed at any point of time from any part of the world. Our servers are placed in safe locations, free from any risk of natural disaster.
Secure sharing
Confidentiality of patient records is an important aspect of medical ethics. Share a patient's details with only the doctors and caretakers who are actively involved in the treatment strategy. Control activity on files with access permissions viz., read-only, read-write, read-comment etc. You can also add passwords and expiry dates for accessing a particular file in Zoho Docs.
e-discovery
It's never easy to find a file among the hundreds or thousands of patient records that get created everyday. That's why we have a system to easily find the files you're looking for. With e-discovery, you can refine and view medical records created by each person in your organization and get hold of the one you're looking for.
Task management
If a list of treatments or medications are to be administered to a patient, the physician can assign this task to the patient's caretakers and nurses using the 'Add task' option in Zoho Docs. Once the treatments are given, the caretakers can mark the task as complete. They can also continuously share feedback on the patient's response to the treatment by adding messages and notifying the physician.
Support for file formats
Medical files can be of any type - prescriptions, x-ray images, lists, spreadsheets etc. Never worry about converting files to specific formats before you upload them. Zoho Docs supports over 160 file formats that include image, video, audio, spreadsheet, presentation, and document formats.
Groups
Create groups within your organization for easy collaboration. For example, you can create groups for physicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists etc and share files with these groups instead of sharing it with each individual.