Healthcare

Document management in Belgian hospitals

Hospitals generate millions of documents per year. A specialized document management system (DMS) is essential for compliance, searchability, and NIS2.

Why healthcare document management is different

Medical records have legal retention periods (30-year patient record), strict access control (GDPR), and NIS2 obligations. Documents are scattered across HIS, LIS, PACS, and paper archives.

  • Scattered sources: HIS, LIS, RIS, PACS, archive, paper
  • Audits reveal gaps in access control and retention
  • HIS migrations risk data loss without a central DMS

What a hospital DMS solves

An enterprise DMS centralizes documents with retention policies per document type, HL7 integration for automatic classification, and document-level audit trails.

  • HL7 integration with hospital information systems
  • PACS/DICOM for medical imaging
  • AES-256 encryption, role-based access, WORM archiving
  • OCR-indexed search across millions of documents

iGuana in Belgian healthcare

Since 1985, iGuana serves Belgian hospitals and insurers with on-premise deployment. Mira (MiraKnows.ai) adds AI classification on top of the DMS layer.

  • AZ Delta, ZOL Genk, Jessa Hospital, UZ Gent, CHU Liège
  • On-premise, hybrid, or cloud
  • Patient archive scanning by security-cleared personnel

FAQ — healthcare document management

Why do Belgian hospitals need a specialized DMS?

Hospitals generate millions of documents per year with legal retention periods up to 30 years. A generic archive system is insufficient for HL7 integration, medical retention, NIS2, and fine-grained access control on patient records.

Does iGuana iDM integrate with our Hospital Information System (HIS)?

Yes, via HL7 v2.x and FHIR. iCom connects bidirectionally with HIS, LIS, and PACS. Documents are automatically classified and linked to the correct patient record on admission, discharge, and examination results.

Which Belgian hospitals use iGuana iDM?

AZ Delta, ZOL Genk, Jessa Hospital, UZ Gent, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, and CHU Liège are references. iGuana has served the Benelux healthcare sector since 1985 with on-premise and hybrid deployments.

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