Choice Legal
2601 East 4th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
info@choicelegal.com
855-875-8550
Electronic Medical
Records – How Easy are They to Open?
It has
become inevitable. The health care industry, along with the rest of the world,
is going electronic with its documents especially their medical records. For
this reason, everything else connected to the health care industry should go
electronic too, like the legal industry that uses these records for proving
medical cases.
Thing is,
what if you do obtain these electronic medical records but do not have the
technology to open and view them? Whether your firm is thinking of investing on
a new electronic medical records retrieval system or to outsource records
retrieval, it is imperative that you should be able to open and view electronic
medical records.
Fortunately,
you don’t have to worry much about interoperability among electronic health
record systems anymore. Thanks to the Certification Commission for Health
Information Technology (CCHIT), these systems are being standardized. This
means that they certify that these systems have consistency in terms of
functionality, security, and compatibility. Currently, up to 75% of the systems
available in the market right now are already certified by the CCHIT. If you
don’t want to encounter any problems in opening and viewing electronic medical
records, then make sure you buy a system that is certified by the CCHIT.
Also, you
have to remember that your medical records retrieval system is HIPAA compliant.
Under HIPAA’s Security Rule, health care records (which are private in nature)
should be protected. This protection includes transmission from one node to
another. Simply put, you can’t just send a PDF version of a certain patient’s
medical records by email because basic email is not secure. Due to this
requirement, electronic medical records are oftentimes encrypted before they
are transmitted. This encryption ensures that the said record can’t be opened
by just about anyone except the intended recipient.
Aside from
being CCHIT compliant, your online records retrieval system should be HIPAA
compliant as well. These measures not only address security but also
accessibility. Basically, if you have a legitimate need for such medical
records, you can access them anytime and anywhere. For attorneys who need to
access such electronic medical records to represent clients, this is a much
needed system. Whether the medical records are in paper or electronic form, the
lawyer should make sure that the delivery method is secure.
About Choice Legal
Choice Legal
is a leading provider of Nationwide record retrieval services for Insurance
Defense and Plaintiff firms. Our experts collect records using industry leading
technology, offering accurate and fast service for our clients. We offer easy
to use online systems and paperless solutions for secure and permanent access
to your records from our records repository for as long as you need them.
Providing
vital legal support services for 30 years to Insurance companies and law firms,
Choice Legal has the experience and customer service expertise to streamline
the discovery process. We handle the entire record retrieval process for you.
Free up your staff to handle more important case-related activities and turn
the record retrieval hassle into a billable expense.
New orders
may be placed on-line at ChoiceLegal.com, e-mailed, faxed, or telephoned. We
take it from there, all the way through to delivering your records in bound and
labeled sets, optional CDs, and then post them on our HIPAA-compliant secure
website. Let us help you eliminate time delays in collecting records, while at
the same time, improving the accuracy of the records you receive.
Choice Legal
uses the most advanced technology to assist in fast and efficient medical
records retrieval. Our platform automates the entire process of Subpoena and
Notice preparation and service, to tracking each assignment through to
completion. Clients benefit from our online status access, new order entry, and
secure online records repository.
Authorizations
can be uploaded to our site from your desk, so we can get it in the providers
hand within 24 hours and get started retrieving your records.
·
Subpoena
and Notice preparation
·
Serve
Subpoenas
·
Deliver
Authorizations
·
Advance
custodial fees
·
Retrieval
of Records
·
All
types of records
·
X-ray
and film duplication
·
Upload
to Secure Online System
·
Hard
Copies Available
·
Client
Views/Prints/Saves
Contact Information
Choice Legal
2601 East 4th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
info@choicelegal.com
855-875-8550
