Defending the Record: Medical/Legal Considerations for Medical Record Integrity in the ERA of Electronic Medical Records (1 ML)
- Education:
- All Education
- CEC Category:
- Medicolegal
- Duration:
- 55 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
Description
Speaker: Patrick Ellis, JD
Description: This session will provide case study scenarios to educate healthcare documentation specialists about critical errors to avoid when creating electronic medical records, how to approach tough conversations with other professionals to ensure medical record consistency, and how to reduce legal risks.
Attendees will:
1. Understand the medical record from the perspective of lawyers.
2. Understand common means patients are able to attack a record in a lawsuit.
3. Learn an approach for professionals about crafting a defensible record.
Handouts
| Defending the Record (0.42 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Speaker
Patrick Ellis, JD Related Seminars and Products
Attorney
Rhoades McKee
As a member of a nationally recognized premier medical malpractice legal team, Patrick Ellis counsels and defends physicians, nurses, and physician assistants in complex medical malpractice actions. He consistently contributes to the education of healthcare professionals and organizations as an editor of the Rhoades McKee Michigan Appeals Blog and frequently speaks about risk management issues to associations and organizations throughout Michigan.
Patrick is a current member of the Rhoades McKee Executive Committee, the Grand Rapids Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, and, formerly, the Michigan Society of Hospital Risk Management. He is a graduate of Kalamazoo College and the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.