The switch from traditional to digital archiving can catalyze revolutionary growth in productivity for governments and businesses. Digital archiving is more than just the conversion of documents into digital form — it's the streamlining and simplifying workflow, the transformation into intelligent archives, and the growth of increased efficiency and productivity in the workplace with the help of scanners.

For Epson, a provider of technology solutions, transitioning to smart archiving eliminates numerous obstacles that hinder productivity and organizational growth within the workforce.

"Traditional record archiving often takes up tremendous space, leaves more room for human error — such as mislabelling, misplacing, and damaging documents — and ultimately results in downtime rather than focusing on tasks that will benefit the business," said Ed Bonoan, general manager of Marketing Division at Epson Philippines. "In certain businesses, this human error is tolerable. However, in certain industries such as healthcare, human error or inefficiency has dire consequences."

Transforming Business Productivity

All industries are seeing immense transformation due to digitization, and the healthcare industry may deliver the most significant impact. The increased digital archiving has allowed the industry to provide innovative services to patients, especially amidst a pandemic — from streamlined and efficient patient care to the uptake of telehealth or telemedicine to hospital sharing cases.

In healthcare, digital archiving improves the quality of life by delivering true impact to patients, ensuring that all records are up-to-date, and resulting in real-life differences.