How long should medical records be retained, whether on paper or electronically? Does keeping records indefinitely increase one’s exposure to liability? These questions have occasionally arisen, and deserve commentary. Continue

A common question that many practitioners have when looking for a suitable EHR for their practice is this: will it have features needed for my specialty? Is it a general-purpose EHR system, or is it specialty-specific? And what kinds of features in a specialty-specific product... Continue

For a medical practice, an EMR is a central, vitally-important system – once paper charts have been abandoned, the EMR system must be completely reliable. If it goes down, conducting ordinary business is extremely difficult. Thus, identifying potential points of failure and implementing safeguards to... Continue

One of the strategic issues facing medical practices that are moving from paper charts into an EMR is the question of what to do about old paper chart information. Should there be an exhaustive attempt to scan all the old charts and import them into... Continue