Case Study: Wyoming Medical Center reduces labor costs by 33% with ibml scanning solution

Hospital Reduces Labor Costs by 33 Percent with ibml Scanning Solution

Wyoming Medical Center, a major hospital in Casper, faced a significant challenge with its vast archive of over 13 million paper patient records stored in a soon-to-be-demolished facility. The hospital needed to digitize these records quickly to avoid costly off-site storage and logistical problems, but its existing scanning process was slow and labor-intensive, projecting a five-year completion timeline. They turned to vendor ibml and its ImageTrac III scanner for a solution.

By implementing the high-speed ibml ImageTrac III scanners with superior double-feed detection and barcode recognition, the hospital dramatically increased its scanning productivity by 800%, boosting daily output from 7,000 to 52,000 pages. This efficiency allowed Wyoming Medical Center to reduce its scanning and indexing labor costs by 33 percent, saving an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 annually. The solution from ibml enabled the hospital to clear out physical records storage and is projected to save $350,000 over five years.

Wyoming Medical Center

Nick Belveal

RHIA, director of HIMS