Digitising records isn't a new area of business, but changes to privacy, the need for improved reporting and saving time and money are making it more important than ever that you get it right. Take the government's eHealth initiative. Costing $1 billion since 2011, the program aims to centralise information about patients' medical history, making it available to providers to help with diagnoses. Though it's been reported eHealth has had mixed results, the impetus behind the program is that sharing information with other medical providers will save lives. http://bit.ly/1h2ew3Q http://bit.ly/1h2ew3Q+ http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/digitise-your-records-or-perish-20140418-zqw8a.html To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]