tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post1694675336966909446..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Records Management policiesJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-27530206855842715102008-05-02T15:53:00.001-07:002008-05-02T15:53:00.001-07:00Hi John, this is my first reply to your blog. I ha...Hi John, this is my first reply to your blog. I have to say I am learning very much from it<BR/><BR/>In relation to retention and records management, I find it amazing how out of touch many healthcare providers are with this very necessary area. <BR/><BR/>I was in Chicago this week training with an EMR software company and asked a question about how the software is set up to handle just this issue, the trainer looked at me like I was from another planet and said "well it is always there, it never goes away" So I inquired about the legalities of that and for instance the issue of court orders or lawsuits and the liability of retaining records longer than the law requires, again, no answer.<BR/><BR/>Then the physician sitting next to me got very upset and said that not retaining records longer than the time requires is tantamount to hiding things from people. <BR/><BR/>He couldn't see my side of it as an HIM professional and the potential liability to his practice. Sigh... long way to go in this electronic world. I am looking forward to reading your policy.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146336242424944456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-20222256912330166892008-05-02T15:53:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:53:00.000-07:00Hi John, this is my first reply to your blog. I ha...Hi John, this is my first reply to your blog. I have to say I am learning very much from it<BR/><BR/>In relation to retention and records management, I find it amazing how out of touch many healthcare providers are with this very necessary area. <BR/><BR/>I was in Chicago this week training with an EMR software company and asked a question about how the software is set up to handle just this issue, the trainer looked at me like I was from another planet and said "well it is always there, it never goes away" So I inquired about the legalities of that and for instance the issue of court orders or lawsuits and the liability of retaining records longer than the law requires, again, no answer.<BR/><BR/>Then the physician sitting next to me got very upset and said that not retaining records longer than the time requires is tantamount to hiding things from people. <BR/><BR/>He couldn't see my side of it as an HIM professional and the potential liability to his practice. Sigh... long way to go in this electronic world. I am looking forward to reading your policy.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146336242424944456noreply@blogger.com