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By Kimberly Ashton Although Massachusetts has a head start on the national effort to digitize medical records, much work remains to be done before the state can meet President Barack Obama’s goal of having all health documents computerized by 2015.
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The U.S. has created a new system whereby physicians and health care provider entities can confidentially report adverse medical events, and organizations can collect this data and use it to make safety recommendations.
The new program encourages health care providers to voluntarily report patient safety events to entities called “Patient Safety Organizations,” or PSOs.
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- At a recent deposition, my attorney asked me whether a certain medical outcome was “possible.” How can I best respond to such a question in the future?
- How long am I required to keep a patient’s records once he leaves my practice?
- If someone sends me an unsolicited e-mail asking for medical advice and I reply, does that put me at risk for malpractice?
- A 17-year-old patient who is married and on active duty in the military needs surgery and says that he can provide consent for the treatment, even though he’s a minor. Is he correct?
- Why are health care employers’ worries tripling?
- What is the government investigating in health care fraud this year?
- How can I prevent medical identity theft?
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