1. { Metadata in Medical Records Getting medical records in their native file format will provide the metadata showing if the records have been altered. Presented by: Geo Bellas www.bellas-wachowski.com

2. The Verdict Dealing with Fudged Evidence Forged Hospital Record How do we deal with this problem in the 21st Century when all records are stored in electronic format? 3. Get the Medical Records A patient is entitled to get their medical information in electronic format upon request, and that should include the metadata 42 U.S.C. 300jj et seq; 17901 et seq; 45 CFR 164.524 In the Request for Production ask for the audit trail of the record This is more important than the record itself Do not take no for an answer 4. What to ask for? Request Audit Trail Information Request Loggin Information Request the Data Dictionary Do not accept a .pdf of the information It can be modified when put on paper. 5. Getting Hospital Records in Native File Format Send request to the hospital Legal Counsel or Chief Information Officer, not the Records Custodian Detail the information you are seeking: ie, need to know when medical and nursing licensed personnel documented on the chart and the time the changes were made - so you want the information surrounding the file that shows the changing of the file 6. Getting Hospital Records (The hard part) No standards in the industry All medical providers have different databases and these buzz terms with get them to sit up, notice and balk...but most likely won't produce anything. For example, audit trail information may not exist. The data dictionary will be useless without the key to corresponding tables. The facilities might not even have canned reports that they can spit out. You could request a Coma Delimited File that would contain the information you are seeking, but in a spreadsheet type format that neither you nor possibly anyone else could understand. Bottom line . . . Very expensive and hard to get. 7. Conclusion Practicing law in the 21st Century presents new challenges for trial lawyers. Technology controls every aspect of business and we must adapt to the changing paradigms. Join the 21st Century and adapt to the changes: www.attorneyscreativeroundtable.com