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Are Your Records up to Par? Essential Components All Staff Need to Know!
Thursday, June 29, 2023, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
Category: Events

Are Your Records up to Par? Essential Components All Staff Need to Know!

Date: June 29, 2023

Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Location: Webinar

Registration: OnlineDownload Registration Form


The complexity of record keeping has increased with the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Staff need to understand the essentials of records management, so your medical records meet compliance standards. Records need to be accurate, complete, and have proper signature. Signing of consents is an area that brings up many questions for clinicians. Have your questions answered in this 60-minute webinar. In addition, it will be discussed what to do for release of information requests and sending records for discharge planning now that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is ending. Join us to learn the essential components of record keeping so that your records are up to par!

Objectives:

  1. Examine the basics of Medical Record Management & Rules
    1. Legal Record Components
    2. Charting at point of care
  2. Comprehend the Legalities of the Medical Record including:
    1. Accuracy, Completeness
    2. Validity of Consents
      1. Who can sign/witness consents
    3. E-signature requirements
  3. Understand Release of Information Requirements
    1. Who can authorize
    2. HIPAA/COP requirements for timely release
    3. What documents are to be released for effective discharge planning
  4. Review the correct retention methods for scanned & permanent documents

Audience: This webinar is a necessary topic for Administrators; Compliance; Privacy Officer; Clinical Management; Clinicians; Human Resources; Medical Records and IT.

Faculty: Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE-HH, ACE-H, President, JLU Health Record Systems is a nationally recognized expert in record management. She has a degree in Health Information Management and has been a home health and hospice consultant for over 35 years. Joan is past president of the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association (MaHIMA) and has served as a delegate for American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She received the Distinguished Member award from MaHIMA in 2017 and the Professional Achievement Award in 2008. Joan is a published author with book topics such as ICD-10-CM Coding, Billing, Clinical Documentation Improvement and contributing author to the Massachusetts Medicolegal Guide. Usher is a current Board of Director of Hospice & Palliative Care of MA and a past Board of Director of the Home Care Alliance of MA. Joan's webinars consistently earn outstanding reviews from participants.

WHAT'S A WEBINAR?
Enjoy the convenience and cost-efficiency of a webinar – watch the speaker’s slide presentation on the internet while listening by telephone or through your computer’s microphone and speakers (VoIP). The cost of this education is per person.

Prior to the webinar, a Zoom Webinar link will be e-mailed to you. You will need to click on this link to access the webinar, a dial-in number and an access code to listen in via telephone. You will also be sent any pertinent handouts if available and evaluation link.

HANDOUTS
Handouts, evaluation forms, sign-in sheets and related materials will be sent to you shortly before the program to the email address you provide.

QUESTIONS?
Please contact Brandy Sweet at [email protected] with questions. 

Registration Fee: OAHC Members:  $110 per agency; Non-Members:  $168 per agency. 


Oregon Association for Home Care
417 2nd St. Ste. 101
Lake Oswego, OR 97034


Contact: Brandy Sweet - [email protected] - (503) 364-2733