International Surplus Announces a Free Solution to the EHR Mandate Issue
The Electronic Health Records mandate for healthcare facilities and clinics requires medical records to be digitized by 2015 or medical practitioners will face penalties, fines and reduced Medicare benefits. This has put many hospitals in an impossible position, as they face thousands in fines or thousands to digitize records which according to HIPAA law, must be kept on file for at least five to seven years depending on the state. Meanwhile, International Surplus has been offering digitization of medical records for free to hospitals because their X-ray film is rich in silver, which can be reclaimed using special processes. Now, International Surplus can provide a free answer to this expensive problem, by offering to digitize all medical records in an even exchange for the value of the hard copy records.