Dorset County Hospital is planning to implement Version One’s document management and imaging software, reports Bob’s Guide.

The report says that the software will be integrated into the hospital’s Infor Smartstream accounting system to accelerate invoice processing and free-up the document storage capacity. The software is expected to reduce manual data entry and eliminate the data entry errors by up to 75 % as well improve operational efficiency.

With the use of this document management system, the hospital will be able to electronically store all the invoices and credit notes and integrated with its accounting system, which will undoubtedly make the whole process easy and transparent.

Source: Bob's Guide

Solimar Systems, which develops enterprise output management solutions,  will be demonstrating revenue generating and cost saving workflows at GRAPH EXPO 2008 in Chicago, Illinois which will bring together print and technology professionals.

Solutions the company will demonstrate are designed for companies that have a very high output of customer communications. The company's enterprise output management products optimize existing documents by adding TransPromotional content including digital inserts, dynamically applying new barcodes (i.e. IMB, 2D), and enabling Automated Document Factory (ADF) workflows without recreating or recoding the source applications. 

According to Mary Ann Rowan, Solimar Systems Vice President of Sales and Marketing, "We enjoy a unique partnership with Xerox in driving their new continuous feed printers including the full-color 490/980 and the monochrome 650/1300. At GRAPH EXPO, Solimar software will be in the Xerox booth driving TransPromotional applications to the 650 and demonstrating conditional digital inserts, dynamic IMB insertion and overall seamless, integrated ADF workflows." Premier clients and authorized partners will also have the opportunity to preview an enterprise web-based document tracking system in the Solimar booth, SOLitrack- Document GPS. SOLitrack is scheduled for release in Q1 of 2009.

On-demand document management and workflow solutions provider SpringCM has introduced version 4.5 of its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) content management system that includes 54 features and enhancements to improve document-centric processing.

Among the key features of the latest version are:

a) Improved process management

b) Improved management insight through improved Custom Reporting

c) Improved security and compliance through enhanced versioning and audit trails

d) Enhanced user productivity with drag and drop

e) Enhanced user security

 

Besides these, the latest version also includes the ability to separate PDF documents such as faxes into multipledocuments; creation of saved searches to speed up common search tasks;expanded options for bulk upload and migration; and enhancements to theAdvanced Workflow activity functions.

Document management systems and services provider IKON Office Solutions is being acquired by Ricoh, a leading manufacturer of multifunction products, printers, fax machines and related supplies for about $1.6 billion in cash. IKON will be a subsidiary of Ricoh, once the acquisition process is completed.

The acquisition will bring together IKON's sales and services capabilities and Ricoh's engineering and manufacturing expertise.  

IKON integrates copiers, printers and MFP technologies from leading manufacturers and document management software and systems, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions implemented and supported by its global services organization. Ricoh on the other hand offers a wide range of digital, networked products, including MFPs, printers, fax machines, semiconductor related products and digital cameras.

Thomson Reuters is working with HealthGate Data Corp on a next generation document lifecycle management application to enhance its Order Set Solution, which provides evidence-based order sets with more than 900 titles for 280 medical conditions.

The enhanced application targeted at hospitals is expected to streamline and acceleration the creation, review, management and updating of clinical order set content. Hospitals can then tailor evidence-based order set content to their own institutional protocols. The document management solution will provide versioning controls, alerts, collaboration, and review tools.