Iron Mountain to Help Hospitals Adopt Electronic Medical Records

BOSTON, Jul 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM 23.28, -0.22, -0.94%) , the information management company, is combining its services for document scanning, file archiving, data backup and more into one solution for hospitals and healthcare organizations converting hardcopy patient files into an electronic medical record (EMR) system.

The new Iron Mountain EMR Enablement Solution offers healthcare organizations a complete set of tools for digitizing patient records, archiving electronic files, protecting them from disaster, and then destroying outdated records.

A Case Against Paperless: Your Bank, Your Credit Cards, Your Cell:

Matt Swain at InfoBlog put together a nice little, personal example of why surrending to the marketing pressures, and "turning off" his paper billing, may not be a good thing.

I know all the "big iron" folks have for years watched the clicks tumble as more and more utility and credit card customers decide to recieve bills and statements via email.

Sounds like a good deal, right?

Supply your bank your email addy and expect a bill or reminder to find its way to your inbox.

Friday is FunDay: Katy Perry "California Gurls". You know it !!

You knew this was coming - CaliGirls, all the way.

I may never look at jello, or Candyland the same - ever again.

And whipped cream? Fa-git-bout-it.

One bummer - I have reviewed this work dozens of times and can not find one reference to Managed Print Services, copiers or BPO - odd.

Maybe you can find one...or ...two...

Hope you're having a great summer.