Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 > Are you suggesting that the individual medic create personal copies of the reports? I would have a HUGE problem with that due to the risks regarding patient privacy and identity theft! Most ePCR programs do not allow 'others' to change the report. The few that I'm familiar with that do write an extensive history on access, who edited the report, what and when the documentation was changed. When you print a copy of the report, the history is also printed with it. jp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Years ago I was on the board of our county hospital and we were sued by a patient alleging an injury during delivery 20 years earlier. We managed to find the records. Keep them until the statute of limitations has run after the 21st birthday of any minor. GG Re: EMS documentation Our hospital legal folks told us to keep paper for 10 years. Ht Sent from my iPhone > I have been looking for information regarding how long a service should hold on to their printed copies of service reports. Most agencies appear to have moved forward with complete EPCR therefore completely eliminating the paper report itself. I began using the EPCR in my jurisdiction years ago but was still required to print a report and file it. Again, I cannot find anywhere in TAC or rules and policies that dictate how long a service should keep these “paper†reports filed. It seems like most agencies I have talked with about this topic typically keep their paper reports filed for 7 years. So, my questions are: > If you have printed paper EMS reports, how long should you keep them before destroying them? > If those same reports are also backed up via electronic storage device, can you destroy your paper reports you have filed and taking up space? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Years ago I was on the board of our county hospital and we were sued by a patient alleging an injury during delivery 20 years earlier. We managed to find the records. Keep them until the statute of limitations has run after the 21st birthday of any minor. GG Re: EMS documentation Our hospital legal folks told us to keep paper for 10 years. Ht Sent from my iPhone > I have been looking for information regarding how long a service should hold on to their printed copies of service reports. Most agencies appear to have moved forward with complete EPCR therefore completely eliminating the paper report itself. I began using the EPCR in my jurisdiction years ago but was still required to print a report and file it. Again, I cannot find anywhere in TAC or rules and policies that dictate how long a service should keep these “paper†reports filed. It seems like most agencies I have talked with about this topic typically keep their paper reports filed for 7 years. So, my questions are: > If you have printed paper EMS reports, how long should you keep them before destroying them? > If those same reports are also backed up via electronic storage device, can you destroy your paper reports you have filed and taking up space? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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