The Covid-19 Pandemic has taken its toll on everyone in 2020. Causing devastating damage, the virus does not discriminate against who it affects. While nearly every industry has struggled, the coronavirus has been incredibly damaging to the medical industry and small businesses. In November, a New York Times article described the challenges doctors are experiencing and the …
We all know that doctors are extremely intelligent. Yet, no matter how smart they are, they’re only human and make mistakes. Doctors’ most common mistakes happen when it comes to dealing with their patient records, either after retirement or when the practice closes. During the past few years in the Medical Records Custodian Service industry, our team …
When one thinks of the concerns that physicians may have, the closing of their practice is not number one on that list. They tend to be more concerned with patients, insurance companies, attorneys, business logistics, etc., and rightly so. Once the time comes to retire or close their practice, they may be faced with uncertainty and …
Each state has their own set of laws which require school districts to retain certain student records for set amounts of time. These time constraints can range from 1 to 6 years, to some records that must be kept permanently. For example, in New York, cumulative achievement record equivalent (sometimes known as a Permanent Record …
As Doctors across the country transition to Electronic Medical Record Systems, they’re confronted with a major decision, what do I do with my paper charts? Practices and Doctors have a few options to choose from: Yes, Practices have the option to not implement an Electronic Medical Record System and continue to use paper charts like …
Now that the panic has subsided from the Brooklyn CitiStorage document warehouse fire (even though it shouldn’t) everyone is back in the out of sight, out of mind thinking as it relates to records management. Businesses need to consider what steps to take to create efficiency with their unique records process, and prevent a crisis …
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