Electronic Health Records and Increased Liability Risk
The benefits of ever increasing information technology part in health records keeping is substantial, yet the Electronic Health Records System (EHRS) also provides with increased liability risks for health care providers as to possible software or hardware problems or user errors. On one hand, a quick transition to digital heath records seems long awaited part of the high-tech change. It may seem surprising that many health care professionals continue to keep notes and prescriptions on paper. Saying that, use of EHRS may result in problems with software bugs, creating additional liability exposures. Congress has made a $19 billion investment in promoting… Read More »Electronic Health Records and Increased Liability Risk