PPV: Ask these questions to define your legal health record
HIM Connection, June 24, 2008
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Unlike clothing, “one size fits all” is not an option when defining a legal health record (LHR). Federal, state, and some local laws provide the initial framework for an LHR, but fine-tuning the definition is ultimately the organization’s responsibility.
Defining the legal health record and responding to litigation requests is not easy when potentially hundreds of different electronic systems contain the requested data. But it is a challenge that the record custodian must address regardless of the record’s format—paper, electronic, or hybrid.
Editor’s note: For more information or to purchase a copy of this article for $10, visit www.hcpro.com/content/213051.cfm. Subscribers to Medical Records Briefing have access to this article in the July issue.
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