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I'm a health information professional who has managed medical record
departments in a number of hospitals, and am currently working for a
vendor storing patient records offsite.
> Medical records- hmmm.
> I've lost medical records to office closure/illegal disposal, a
> bankrupcy (records went where?) and a doctor simply disappearing.
In my experience, the records seldom sometimes - but seldom -
'disappear' when a medical practice does. Usually the bankruptcy court
controls them, and may place them in storage with a vendor. Often a
neighboring hospital may take control of the records, depending on the
type of practice and relationship with the facility. Check with the
state department of health and/or the state medical society -- filing a
complaint with them can assist.
> Don't get me wrong, it's not that I think there isn't a time and place
for the move to EMR/EHR, bu the groundwork needs to be done to ensure it
works properly... and we RIMs should be part of how this > is designed.
A profession that is actively involved in this for electronic medical
records/electronic health records is the American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA) - of which I am a proud member.
Liz Allan, RHIA
Director of Client Programs
SOURCECORP Deliverex
San Jose, CA
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