“Physicians might not realize it, but how they and their staffs use an electronic medical record system could open themselves up to accusations of fraud or misrepresentation.
The problem isn’t that physicians are intentionally trying to double-bill or make it appear that they are trying to alter patient records. It’s that systems are vulnerable to being used in a way that makes it seem as if they are. Or the systems might not have certain features that would help protect the practice from these allegations.”
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews, 21 November 2011
