Health Care & Hospital Law
Sep. 30, 2011
Electronic health records could cut both ways in malpractice suits
As doctors and hospitals increasingly shift from paper to electronic health records, attorneys on both sides of the bar are unsure about whether such records will help or hurt their clients in medical malpractice lawsuits.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As doctors and hospitals shift from paper files to electronic health records, attorneys on both sides of the bar are unsure whether such records will help or hurt their clients in medical malpractice lawsuits.
After all, electronic time and date stamps can prove that a doctor accused of medical malpractice checked on a patient in a timely manner, or just the opposite - that infrequent hospital room v...
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