Publications
MaHIMA Medicolegal Guide to Health Record Information
Publication date, 2004
Our Medico-Legal Guide to Health Record Information provides references to the laws and legal issues pertinent to various Health Care settings. Work is underway to include Student Health Clinic and Military Records in the next update.
- Twelve chapters covering topics such as: Record Content and Retention, Reporting Requirements, Legal Process, Acute Care Records, Mental Health Records, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Records, Long -Term Care Records, Ambulatory Service Records, Community Health, Regulations & Statutes, Legislative updates, and more.
- Handy reference guide answers commonly asked questions regarding content of the record, use & disclosure, subpoenas, court orders, retention & storage.
- HIPAA requirements embedded throughout the guide
- Content edited for adherence to law by Attorney Colin Zick
- Guide offered in hardcopy & electronic format
- Cost: $179 members $199 non-member
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Legal Health Record Companion: A Case-Study Approach
Exclusively offered through HCPro
The Legal Health Record Companion: A case-study approach is a hands-on resource tool that shows how to define and develop health records that meet legal requirements. Learn how to use the health record appropriately and efficiently—from the legal point of view—as well as from the more familiar patient safety and common-sense perspective.