Hi Duncan The federal government put in place legislation determining electronic images of original documents are valid. The high court has ruled- Scanned documents are acceptable for evidence purposed. Unless there is a specific legislative override to scan documents for medical specialist I am sure you would quickly over rule any nit wit arguing you had to hold both the paper and scanned image. Object in writing and demand the auditor proves the legislation supporting his rather stupid argument. Do not accept guidelines. Demand the legislation.
I wonder if you just had a ill-informed auditor with a paper fetish? Regards James Bishop Longevity Medical Ph 03 98482009 Fax 03 98407064 Mb 0413582615 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Guy Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 3:07 AM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Referrals from a specialists perspective Hi all, The HIC are busy running around auditing specialists on referrals. Seems those of us who are paperless have to keep the paper versions for a minimum of 18 months or face prosecution, seems to be counter to other efforts to encourage EHR. I have been scanning for quite a few yrs now and will have to have a big box in the corner of the room to put the paper ... Duncan Guy Cardiologist _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
