The Electronic File Management module allows pertinent patient documents, images and files to be scanned or uploaded and stored electronically in a patient’s encounter record.  All stored file types are immediately available on-line to authorized users throughout the healthcare enterprise and can be carried forward to subsequent encounters.  The electronic storage of patient documents and images offered through the Electronic File Management module increases the amount of information available on-line in the patient’s electronic medical record.  On-line storage in turn reduces the facility’s reliance on printed records and the costs associated with producing, managing and storing paper documents.