Dear Ryanparent,
The results of my research are as follws:
Costs of Document Imaging
?A study published by Dr. Susan L. Cisco of the University of Texas
Graduate School, "Indexing Digital Documents - It's NOT An Option -
Pay Now, or Pay (More) Later", discusses the difference between
startup and labor cost centers. It was reported that initial purchase
costs of systems that process and store 300,000 to 3 million pages per
year (which meet the needs of the hospital business office) averaged
$0.15 to $0.25 per page. This comprises the technology cost
component.?
Document Preparation and Scanning
?Scanning labor includes document preparation (removal of staples and
paper clips, unfolding of pages, pages organization), scanner set up,
checking the results of the scan, removal of paper and reconstruction
of documents after scanning. Average costs for this labor, including
supervision, are $0.12 per page. ?
Indexing and Quality Assurance
?With the index-dense nature of documents, the total indexing and
quality assurance costs using highly trained staff are equivalent to
an average of five indexes per page with a total cost of $0.20 per
index.?
In-House Imaging Costs
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Beds Pages Tech costs Doc prep Indexing Total Total
Scanned $0.20/page Scanning and QA Monthly Annual
p/month $0.12/Page Costs Costs
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200 24,000 $4,800 $2,880 $24,000 $31,680 $380,160
300 36,000 $7,200 $4,320 $36,000 $47,520 $570,240
400 48,000 $9,600 $5,760 $48,000 $63,360 $760,320
500 60,000 $12,000 $7,200 $60,000 $79,200 $950,400
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The cost of outsourcing document imaging is much lower that in house costs.
Excerpt:
?The centralization and large scale implementation of our services at
our document imaging facility give your business office the ability to
meet high quality retrieval requirements at a dramatically lower cost
than the costs listed above. The centralization of our facilities
enables us to keep per-unit processing costs much lower than what any
single business office would incur.?
Source:
Healthcare Reports
The Costs of Document Imaging
http://www.healthcarereports.com/di-costs.htm
Additional information that might interest you:
The Value of Document Imaging and Online Document Retrieval
Read about it here:
http://www.healthcarereports.com/di-value.htm
Sample Pricing from Octacom Limited Canada:
Document Preparation $15 to $18 per hour
Document Capture (image) $0.03 to $0.04 per page
Roll Film (up to 7,500 pages per roll) $0.015 per page
Octacom Limited Canada
http://www.octacom.ca/hottopics/medicalrecordsscanning.html
Search terms used:
cost "per bed" "Document imaging" in hospitals
I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
