Adhere to regulations, protect patient privacy, and increase productivity with digital legal document management.
The legal industry must adhere to some of the most rigid standards in records management. A firm must protect their clients’ interests, while also adhering to federal, state, and local regulations, and court requirements. And if you fail to comply, it can result in loss of client confidence, malpractice suits, stiff penalties, and/or hefty fines.
Because of this, it’s extremely important to have the right technology serving your firm so that there is no question or concern about whether or not your firm will meet those rigid standards or fall short in the protection of your clients’ interests and information.
Which is why having and choosing legal document management software for your firm is a big deal. Legal document management exists to serve your law firm in all of above ways plus a number of others. Your firm can benefit from legal document management in a big way.
The catch?
Sometimes knowing what to look for when deciding on legal document management can be unclear – which makes choosing difficult. You want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck and we want to help you; so here we’ve come up with a few tips to help you through the process of what to look for.
But before we get to the tips, let’s make sure we all know exactly what legal document management is.
Here is a technical definition of the term out of the article Document Management in the Digital Law Office from The American Bar Association:
Document Management software captures all the content associated with a file or matter for requirements such as improved regulatory compliance, enhanced knowledge sharing, and document retention policies (when to keep and when to discard a document).
Most DMS systems feature secure content for better protection of confidential information, reduced unnecessary access to sensitive content, and increased control of core assets and expertise.
In other words, software centralizes project/matter management for faster access for everyone who needs to view a document, spreadsheet, graphic image, email, presentation, etc. whether on site or extremely remote.“
Simply, successful legal document management software will track and organize specific information. This means you can find your firm’s documents – which also helps you squeeze more out of your work day and focus on all of the other tasks on your to-do list.
Now that there is a basic understanding of what legal document management is, what do you look for to ensure you’re choosing the best fit for your firm?
There is legal document management software that is the right fit with your business and we want to help you find that. So, let us know if you have any questions – we’d love to hear from you.