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Effective Use of Electronic Medical Records in Personal Injury Litigation

 

Gain insight into EMRs in personal injury litigation.

Several years ago, federal legislation put into place special payments to physicians to induce the adoption of electronic medical records, also referred to as electronic health records and personal health records. The most popular EMR systems include Epic, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Cerner, and GE Healthcare, although there are many more manufacturers and systems available. The widespread use of EMR systems by health care facilities (i.e., hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, etc.) necessitates tailoring interrogatory and requests for production discovery requests to ensure obtaining the complete EMR, preferably in native format. This white paper reviews case law updates and audit trails and discusses medical records and Rule 26 reports and disclosures.