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Legal EHR: Trials and Errors
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: June 2007
Legal EHR Policy Template
Author: AHIMA EHR Practice Council
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
Charting the Legal Health Record
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Tracking what should or shouldn’t be included in a healthcare organization’s legal health record can be a dizzying process without ample organization. The increasing mix of digital information with traditional paper records makes good organization all the more essential.
HIM pr....
E-Discovery: Preparing for the Coming Rise in Electronic Discovery Requests
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Changes to federal discovery rules will have lawyers searching for newly discoverable electronic data and HIM professionals digging deeper into their computer systems.
Options had dried up for the 58-year-old man. Previous surgery and radiation therapy had failed to eradicate....
Subpoena by Any Other Name Might Not be Legal
Author: Whitney, Jo Ellen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Generally when an opposing party is seeking medical records from a care provider, the first request is accompanied by a subpoena, which can be difficult for an HIM department to assess in terms of what-if any-records can be produced.
A subpoena accompanied by a HIPAA-compliant consen....
Printing Electronic Records: Managing the Hassle and the Risk
Author: Rollins, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Paper copies of electronic records pose more than administrative hassles, they raise liability concerns as well.
As healthcare providers move closer to fully electronic health records, paper remains, frustratingly, part of the equation.
Some elements, like authorizat....
Legal EHR: New Practices, New Skills
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Defining the legal EHR is a key strategy that AHIMA has been working on for several years. The FORE Library: HIM Body of Knowledge is growing on this important topic thanks to the work of HIM, legal, and IT experts serving on AHIMA’s e-HIM® work groups. In addition, an HIM-led Health Level S....
Policies and Procedures for a Legal EHR
Author: Quinsey, Carol Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2007
As organizations move from paper to electronic health records (EHRs), one of the most critical steps is ensuring that there are policies that support the EHR as the legal health record.
Most managers know the importance of having up-to-date policies and procedures. Good pol....
Connectivity, Privacy, and Liability: What Medical Professionals Must Consider
Author: Wernick, Alan S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2007
Computing connectivity is usually equated with convenience. However, this convenience can prove to be a liability for healthcare organizations. Any employee can plug a USB memory device into the hospital network and download patient data. This type of transaction is quick, easy, and poten....
Linking Anti-fraud and Legal EHR Functions
Author: Dougherty, Michelle
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2007
The following statement could easily come from any material written on the legal electronic health record: “EHRs and information available through the NHIN [nationwide health information network] must fully comply with applicable federal and state law and meet the requirements of reliability an....
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