Strategies to prepare for electronic discovery in healthcare.
While many healthcare risk managers have not yet received interrogatories requesting electronic information during discovery, all should nevertheless be prepared to face such requests. It is increasingly important to become knowledgeable of the legal exposure, due in part to recent amendments to the rules of civil procedure and case law that support the rules. This article provides healthcare risk managers with the basic knowledge necessary to prepare for electronic discovery.
Smetana
Joseph L
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Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas, USA.
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