I was with you completely until the last paragraph. Why do you think,
for example, that blood pressure readings in electronic form would have
a different retention period then in paper form? Could you elaborate?
I'm not in medicine but very curious about it, then again I'm curious
about everything.

In regard to your statement about I.T. responsibility for the
maintenance of the electronic records I agree, but part of my agreement
is because our Records Dept is part of I.T. as of January 2011, so I
have a seat and a voice at that table. 

Bill Creamer 
Records & Conflicts Manager
NY,NY 10019
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"As far as electronic health records go, there are a lot of
misconceptions about the nature of these systems.  EHR systems are not
traditional document-related systems.  For a given health visit, the
medical staff will collect a lot of information such as weight,
temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, reason for visit, diagnosis,
prescriptions, tests, etc.  Instead of collecting that information on a
paper chart, the individual data points get entered into the EHR system.
This provides much better information about the patient that can't be
derived from a stack of paper or scanned charts.  Of course, this makes
the idea of retention much more complicated.  How long do I need to keep
blood pressure readings?  Is a urine test for an acute bladder infection
relevant beyond a few months?" 


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