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| Medical Records Briefing |
| May 2008 |
| Don't let voluminous paper overwhelm you during the transition to an EHR |
| Imagining a time when medical records are simply a mouse click away may be difficult-especially when you're surrounded by endless stacks, files, or even entire rooms full of paper charts.
Determining how to handle paper records during the transition to an EHR is a challenge for many hospitals, and a task that can intimidate even the most prepared HIM director. "The question is really from a policy perspective. How do you want to provide access to those records for physicians or other staff?" says Heidi Echols, chair of the Health Information Technology Affinity Group at McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, in Chicago. "Do you want to retain two sources of records or not?" |
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