An overview of Electronic Document Management System product offerings.

The goal of this article is to provide insight in the evaluation of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMSs) and the current EDMS vendors and their product offerings. Comparisons are made between the vendors and the products over the past decade. Appendix A and Appendix B outline many of today's key vendor offerings. Issues such as HIPAA and medical errors are discussed as it becomes clearer that the quality of patient care can be positively impacted with the application of information technology such as EDMSs.