Hi,
There is a product out there called Black Ice which can convert .pdfs to .tiffs. I assume that once you scan the printed .pdf you are saving the scanned image as a .tiff. If this is your process then Black Ice can do away with the printing and scanning and waste. Black Ice also sells API for developers to incorporate this functionality into their software solutions. www.blackice.com <http://www.blackice.com/> Tom McManus Tuomey Healthcare System South Carolina 803.774.8645 ________________________________ From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vitali, Vincent Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:34 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Getting PDF Documents into PCI Friends: We have a foreign ER system that generates visit summary documents as pdf files. We print those and manually scan them via Valco into MEDITECH (Magic) PCI. We asked Valco to automate the process (i.e., eliminate manual intervention) and they quoted about $30K to do this. It takes two people about 5 hours each for each day of ER activity. That actually justifies the hefty Valco price tag but I was wondering if anybody knows of other vendors we can talk to or if anyone created their own solution for getting pdf files into PCI? Thanks! Vincent S. Vitali, FHIMSS Chief Information Officer Norwegian American Hospital 1044 North Francisco Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60622 ' 773.292.8295 7 773.278.8869 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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