Automated medical records: legal questions and risks.
Automation of medical records poses special legal questions and creates some unique legal risks. However, legal barriers to automation can usually be overcome and legal risks managed in such a way as to permit a provider to take advantage of the efficiencies and the information gain of automating medical records.
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