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OCR Scanner Requirements

To capture a patient's demographic and insurance information, use an OCR scanner that can do the following:

  • Scan cards
  • Scan both the front and back of a card in one pass (a duplex scanner is not required, but highly recommended for accuracy)
  • Produce color images
  • Scan at 300 dpi for insurance cards and 600 dpi for both sides of the driver’s license
  • Produce cropped scanned images
  • Be TWAIN compatible

The scanner must be connected to the same computer/system that the application is installed in.