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Case Discussion: Jessica is the director of Health Information and Technology Services at General Hospital. At this facility, patient records are hybrid , made up of both electronic and paper components . The hospital was named as a defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit by a former patient (ie, plaintiff). The trial is scheduled during the next week. During the discovery process, the plaintiff’s health records and an incident report relative to the plaintiff’s hospital stay were obtained by the plaintiff’s attorney. The plaintiff’s attorney has made it clear that she intends to have the health records and the incident report admitted into evidence and, further, that metadata associated with the electronic portions of the plaintiff’s records will be sought. Assignment Requirements (see grading rubric below for additional requirements ) Develop a 4 to 6 page essay, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font addressing the questions below as they relate to the Case Study. You should incorporate information from the text and course readings to support your answers. The text and other res ources you use to address the questions should be cited on a reference page and within the paper as “in text” APA citations.

Please see the CSS Library APA resources at http://resources.css.edu.akin.css.edu/library/docs/APA%20ELECTRONIC%20REFERENCES.pdf and http://libguides.css.edu/content.php?pid=61826&sid=454619 (in text resource). Address the following questions in relation to the case above, incorporating information from the readings to support your answers.  What are the different types of evidence that exist? What type of evidence is the health record and the incident report? Support you answer with documentation.  What documentation is needed to get access to the information? Should Jessica review information on how the information was obtained by the attorney?  What is the likelih ood of the plaintiff’s health records being admitted into evidence? On what legal theory do you rely to support your answer?  What is the likelihood of the incident report being admitted into evidence? On what legal theory do you rely to support your answer?  What is metadata? What type of information might the plaintiff’s attorney be looking for by seeking metadata associated with the electronic portions of the health records? What metadata might be used in this specific case?  How should Jessica pr epare for the trial? College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN Department of Health Informatics and Information Management HIM 3132 Medicolegal Issues Unit 2 Case Study Assignment Purpose : The intent of this assignment is to identify laws related to the civ il process by understanding how medical record and other documentation can and will be used as evidence. This assignment will produce an essay offering information what is needed from a legal standpoint to get access to a patients record, what information should and should not be able to be submitted as eviden ce in a trial, how paper versus electronic charts are impacted by the civil process, and how meta data plays a role in the legal process. Grading Rubric Possible Criteria 0 1 2 3 4 5 Points 20 Logistics  4-6 pages  Double spaced  Times New Roman /Font 12 point  In-text sources cited in APA style  Reference page in APA style No logistical requirements present 1 requirement present 2 requirements present 3 requirements present 4 requirements present ALL (5) requirements present Content  3 or more civil cases with medical records and incident reports included  Documentatio n needed in order to release records  Discussion regarding different types No content requirements are addressed Content requirements are vaguely addressed 3 content requirement is sufficiently addressed 4 content requirements are sufficiently addressed 5 content requirements are sufficiently addressed ALL areas of content are thoroughly addressed Points x 2 of evidence and if they should be access  Difference in types of documentation as evidence  How should Jessica prepare  HIM professional’s role in civil processes Organization & Comprehension  Logical sentence structure  Good transitions between topics  Information synthesized from all sources  Thorough comprehension  Writing clarity (including proper grammar / spelling, APA style) Shows no comprehensio n of assignment; disorganized; lack of synthesized information from chosen sources Only 1 area of organization and comprehensio n are sufficiently met 2 areas of organization and comprehension are sufficiently met 3 areas of organization and comprehension are sufficientl y met 4 areas of organization and comprehension are sufficiently met ALL areas of organization and comprehension are sufficiently met Total