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David KearneyMS, PMP, CEDS
Legal Medical Record: Mystery Novel or Reference Guide?
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Topics Covered
• Legal Medical Record Overview• Legal Process of Litigation/Anticipated
Litigation• Data & Information Governance• Response & Preparedness• Tips• Summary
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Legal Medical Record Overview
• Electronic Health Record• Legal Medical Record• Designated Record Set
Why?What is the Difference?
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Legal Medical Record
• “generated at or for a healthcare organization as its business record and is the record that would be released upon request”
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• Each organization must identify the content required for its own legal medical record as well as the standard for maintaining the integrity of the content
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Electronic Health Record
• Document at Point of Care• No concept of completeness• For Clinical decision support• Focus – present/near future• Contains Discrete data (data
centric)• On-going• Authentication on entry• Continually modifiable• Not designed to distribute• Some tracking
Legal Medical Record
• May Document Post Delivery of Care
• Concept of Completeness• For Justification/analysis• Focus – past• Contains Documents/Pictures
(document centric)• Episodic • Authenticated by signature• Unalterable• Produce consistently• HIPAA “trackable”
EHR vs LMR
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• EDRM Overview - Info Management is Key• Includes Electronic and Paper Records (Evidence)• Process of Evidence• Preservation• Consistency of Process• Value of Data/Risks of Data• Penalties• Reasonableness
Legal Process of Litigation/Anticipated Litigation
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Information Management
Addressed at the Far Left of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model
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Information Management
“Part of the reason eDiscovery is so expensive is because companies have so much data that serves no business need. … Companies are going to realize that it’s important to get their information governance under control to get rid of the data that has no business need … in ways that will improve the company's bottom line…” — U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck, CGOC Faculty Member, in a video interview courtesy of JD Supra Law News, February 4, 2013.
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Data & Information
• Data Growth• Data Sources• Information Governance• Developing Data Management Practices
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Response & Preparedness
• Why• How• Results
Proactive vs. ReactivePlanning vs. Panic
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Tips• Assemble Team• Know Where Your Data Is• Assess Risks – Legal Dept.
– Business needs– Legal holds– Regulatory obligations
• Develop Plan - Collaboration• Document Plan• Implement Plan• Follow Plan – Consistency is Key – Not following a plan is
worse in some instances than not having a plan at all• Audit Plan – Verify compliance regularly• Revisit Standards, Regulations, Laws
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Summary
• Coordination & Collaboration• Plan First• Recognize Potential Consequences• Connect legal, privacy and regulatory retention
obligations directly to relevant information. • Work closely with each other…
– Counsel with Technology Groups– HIM with Counsel– C-Level with HIM– Inside Counsel with Outside Counsel and vice-versa
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In Practice…
• Context of a Matter/Event• Internal Policy• Demonstrated Compliance/Consistency• Data Maps• Preservation & Collection• Data Chain of Custody• Data Review by Counsel/Legal Team
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Thank You
Don't be caught trying to extinguish a fire when fire prevention was really the answer
David KearneyMS, PMP, CEDS
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