Medical Records OnDemand Webinars

Accurate Medication History - We all Contribute!

Since 1999 with the publication of To Err is Human, health care has wrestled with providing safer patient care in our hospitals. One the most prominent causes of patient harm continues to be medication error. As healthcare providers we have the obligation to do our utmost to prevent any harm related...

Best Practices to Modify Electronic Health Records While Maintaining Record Integrity

Moving to an electronic health record system can make it possible to work more efficiently and effectively by automating certain tasks and making information easier to locate. But sometimes, even electronic records must be modified by adding, amending, correcting or deleting information. In some ways,...

Developing a Smartphone Policy for Healthcare Providers

Smartphones and other mobile devices are in wide use in health care organizations and by health care providers in increasing numbers. Policies and procedures may not have caught up with technology and yet the Office for Civil Rights expects health care providers to have appropriate policies and procedures...

Effective Auditing of Physicians' Documentation

The federal government’s increasing interest in fraud, waste and abuse heightens the awareness of physician practices, both large and small, of the increasing scrutiny of physician documentation to support billings. In the past, audits are performed and physicians were lectured but all too often little...

Grant and Other Funding Opportunities Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

The health reform legislation signed into law in March provides a significant number of direct and indirect federal grant funding opportunities for medical providers, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing facilities, colleges and universities, and employers. Under several of the grant programs, state...

HIPAA Security Compliance Challenges after the HITECH Act

Everyone who handles any electronic patient information should order this OnDemand Webinar on compliance with the HIPAA security regulation. All entities covered under HIPAA must take special care of electronic patient health information, including establishing policies and taking regular actions as...

Introduction to New ICD-10 Coding: Preparing for Implementation

The International Classification of Disease and Operations, Ninth Edition has out-lived its usefulness for capturing morbidity and mortality amongst the world population. Most developed nations transitioned to ICD-10 many years ago and are even contemplating moving to ICD-11. Because of the tie of ICD-9-CM...

Making Revisions to Closed Medical Records

Medical records contain some of the most sensitive and personal information that exists about individuals in modern society, and some closed records may need revision because of new information received or because of the requests of individuals to correct or modify existing information. When is it appropriate...

Medical Privacy Rights of Minors

Medical providers, schools, treatment facilities and others who come into contact with medical or health records are often subjected to complex and conflicting requirements to maintain the confidentiality and restrict the use of the information. When those providers and others deal with minors, the...

Medical Records 101: Responding to Requests for Patient Information

Order this OnDemand Webinar and receive an overview of medical management issues faced by health care providers in responding to requests for patient information for litigation purposes. The speaker has extensive experience in civil litigation, including the representation of large medical institutions...