Your EHR Isn’t the Whole Story. Healthcare Data Archiving Fills the Gaps.

Care Coordination: You Can’t Treat What You Can’t See

Every patient has a story. Too often, however, providers only get a single chapter.  

Birth complications from ten years ago. A cardiac event at another hospital. If it’s not visible in the EHR, it might as well not exist, and that missing context can hinder or derail care. 

That’s the power of healthcare data archiving. With DataArk®, MediQuant’s flagship active archival platform, providers don’t need to hunt across applications or call down to records. DataArk centralizes patient records in a format that’s secure, searchable, and easily accessible within their workflows.  

The result? Faster decisions. Less friction. Better outcomes. 

Legacy data’s role in improving patient care was the focus of Becker’s webinar, “How Health Systems are Elevating the Patient Experience,” featuring MediQuant’s Dr. Shelly Disser, VP of Innovation and Collaboration. As Dr. Disser explained, “When you move from a legacy health IT system to a newer system, you don’t want to lose track of all the valuable data that was collected clinically or financially.” 

Patient Engagement: Confidence Comes from Context

Patients notice what’s missing. Especially when it’s their health history.

Legacy data fills in the blanks and signals that they’re seen, known, and understood. This strengthens trust, especially when prescription history, past adherence, and communication patterns surface alongside current records.

It also makes the front office run smoother. Financial histories, eligibility info, and account details—all accessible in one place—mean fewer handoffs and less errors, which translates to stronger relationships and a better patient experience.

“Integrating legacy system data with your EHR shows patients that you are listening to them and treating them from a personalized perspective.” — Dr. Shelly Disser

Compliance, Benchmarking, and Audit Readiness

Compliance is one of the top reasons healthcare IT leaders invest in healthcare data archiving. When data lives across scattered, aging applications, meeting audit requests or retention requirements becomes a guessing game. Centralizing that history in a single location isn’t just convenient, it’s also safer, faster, and smarter.

Done right, healthcare data archiving doesn’t just check boxes. DataArk gives teams real-time access to the patient records they need, with built-in audit trails, access logs, and retentions and reporting.

When compliance becomes second nature, accuracy improves. Oversight sharpens. And when it’s time to prove it? You already have.

Data Cleanliness, Security, and Access: Archive It Like You Mean It

Old data sitting in old applications is a ticking time bomb for security threats. It’s also expensive, vulnerable, and hard to access when it counts.

That’s why more HIT leaders are moving to active healthcare data archiving solutions that plug directly into EHR workflows. No more clunky portals. No more surprises. Zero missing records.

Here are five tips to help you get it right:

✅Clean as you go: Identify duplicates, fix errors, and purge what doesn’t belong.

✅Preserve clinical context: Data isn’t helpful if it’s divorced from the why. Active archiving structures data so it can be analyzed, making useful for diagnostics and delivery.

✅Prioritize interoperability. HL7, APIs, middleware, and EMPI—use whatever enables seamless system-wide integration.

✅Lock it down. Look for vendors practicing zero-trust and maintain HITRUST certification. Choose legacy data archival solutions with robust security protocols.

✅Engage providers with training and get their input. Archived data only improves care when providers know how to use it and can find what they need when they need it.

Read what MediQuant’s President and CEO Jim Jacobs had to say about the changes he predicted the industry would see in areas like compliance, security, and collaboration.

Innovation and AI: The Next Breakthrough Starts with Healthcare Data Archiving

AI is only as smart as the data it’s trained on. Leave legacy records out of the model and you’re flying with half a radar.

Historical data sharpens predictions, flags patterns, and fills blind spots—especially in diagnostics, claims forecasting, and patient payment behavior.

When legacy healthcare data is used to power AI models, the past isn’t dead. It becomes predictive.

Now is the Time to Transform Patient Records—and Outcomes

Healthcare teams are under intense pressure—more patients, fewer hands, applications that don’t always keep up, and tech that’s moving at warp speed.  Healthcare organizations that treat data like a strategic asset know this: legacy data isn’t just helpful information. It’s the difference between informed care and educated guesswork.

Now is the time to equip your providers with the context they need and reclaim the time they can’t afford to lose on administrative drag. If improving patient care is a part of your hospital’s mission, it should also be a part of your IT strategy. That starts by making sure the teams that depend on your patient data not only have access to today’s records, but yesterdays too.

Contact MediQuant today to see how DataArk can turn your patient history into clinical and operational clarity. Let’s give your teams the full picture of the patients they serve so they can deliver faster, better care.