Electronic Documents
Tara Dailey
Description
Collection
Title:
Electronic Documents
Creator:
Tara Dailey
Date:
1/31/2014
Text:
Hello All,
I am inquiring what you or your practice's procedure is with regard to Electronic Records. We have recently switched to a new software that has scanning capabilities which we would scan all documents to the patient's file. They have said that the only original document that needs to be kept is the blue prescription. Everything else can be shredded.
As you can tell this is scaring me a little bit. I have reached out to Medicare twice and they will only refer me to the supplier manual. This is the only thing that I had found pertaining to my question- in the Supplier Standards on page 93 The documentation must be complete, accurate, and legible. Suppliers should keep original copies, not facsimiles or photocopies
That would lead me to believe that any original signed document we would still need to keep, which then almost defeats the electronic record mindset, correct?
Any help and suggestion on what you or your office maybe doing would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Tara Dailey
I am inquiring what you or your practice's procedure is with regard to Electronic Records. We have recently switched to a new software that has scanning capabilities which we would scan all documents to the patient's file. They have said that the only original document that needs to be kept is the blue prescription. Everything else can be shredded.
As you can tell this is scaring me a little bit. I have reached out to Medicare twice and they will only refer me to the supplier manual. This is the only thing that I had found pertaining to my question- in the Supplier Standards on page 93 The documentation must be complete, accurate, and legible. Suppliers should keep original copies, not facsimiles or photocopies
That would lead me to believe that any original signed document we would still need to keep, which then almost defeats the electronic record mindset, correct?
Any help and suggestion on what you or your office maybe doing would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Tara Dailey
Citation
Tara Dailey, “Electronic Documents,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/236050.
