Electronic Health Records: A Quick Guide to the Compliance Risks

For all their promise, including fewer medical errors, electronic health records have introduced risks like notes that are copied and pasted without updates and note bloat (“Copy Paste, Other EHR Shortcuts Threaten Integrity of Chart; CPT Changes May Help,” RMC 28, no. 17), according to Colleen Dennis, associate vice president of compliance and audit services at University of Louisville (UofL) Physicians, and Shelly Denham, senior vice president of compliance and audit services at UofL Physicians. Contact Dennis at ckingdennis@gmail.com and Denham at shelly.denham@ulp.org.

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