People, Procedures, and a Policy: Electronic Health Records and Public Records … · 2016. 11....
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
2016 Annual State Health Director's Conference January 21, 2016 Presented by the Records Analysis Unit NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
People, Procedures, and a Policy: Electronic Health Records and Public Records Law
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
NCGS 121 NCGS 132
Public Records Laws
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
N.C.G.S. 132
regardless of physical form or characteristics
in connection with the transaction of public business
property of the people free or at minimal cost
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Public Records Requests
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Confidentiality
• HIPAA Privacy Rule • NCGS 130A-12 • NCGS 130A-45.8
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
archives.ncdcr.gov
http://archives.ncdcr.gov/ ForGovernment/ RetentionSchedules/ LocalSchedules.aspx
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Program Operational Records Adult Health Records All Health Dept. Programs Animal Control Programs Business Office & Patients’
Financial Records Environmental Health Records Epidemiology Records Health Education Records Home Health Records Laboratory Records
Maternal & Child Health Records
Orthopedic Records Patient Clinical Records Pharmacy Records Radiology Records School Health Records Vital Records Women, Infants, And
Children (WIC) Records
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
DHHS Controller’s Schedule for Grants
Identify records series
in DNCR’s Local Health Departments
schedule
Is this program
supported by Federal
funds passed through DHHS?
Use the DHHS Office of the Controller’s
schedule
Use DNCR’s schedule
Yes
No
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/control
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Destruction Regulation North Carolina Administrative Code
7.4.M.0510 (1) burned, unless prohibited by local ordinance; (2) shredded or torn so as to destroy the record content of
the documents or materials concerned; (3) placed in acid vats so as to reduce the paper to pulp and
to terminate the existence of the document or materials concerned; or
(4) sold as waste paper, provided that the purchaser agrees in writing that the documents or materials concerned will not be resold without pulverizing or shredding the documents so that the information contained within cannot be practicably read or reconstructed.
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Destruction Regulation
Confidential Records
• the data, metadata, and physical media are destroyed in such a manner that the information cannot be read or reconstructed under any means.
North Carolina Administrative Code 7.4.M.0510
Source: Carteret County IT
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Electronic Health Records Laws • HIPAA Security Rule
–HIPAA Privacy Rule extends to EHRs
• HiTECH Act of 2009 –HIPAA Security Rule extends to
business associates • NCGS 90-412
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Challenges of Electronic Records
“Digital information lasts forever – or five years, whichever comes first.”
-Jeff Rothenberg Immunization Records (if not in NCIR) Patient reaches
age 90 years or dies, and has not received services within past 10 years
STD/HIV/AIDS (Clinical) Records
Patient’s lifetime or 10 years after documented cure
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Threats to Electronic Records
1982 – 1990s 1971 – 1980s 1990s– 2000s 1994 – 2000 1999 - ? 2005 - ?
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Electronic Records Must Be …
• Admissible in courts of law • Authentic • Reliable and
trustworthy • Accessible • Secure
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Planning vs. reacting
“Instead of just letting the technology rush ahead of us and then trying to catch up in terms of privacy and security, we should be baking those things into the systems from the start.”
– Lillian Ablon, technology researcher for Rand Corp.
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
People 1
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Procedures • Produced by methods that ensure
accuracy • Accuracy: “The degree of precision to
which something is correct, truthful, and free of error or distortion, whether by omission or commission” (SAA)
• “Documentation integrity involves the accuracy of the complete health record” (AHIMA)
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Procedures Procedures:
• Step-by-step • Detailed • Written • Illustrated • Include quality
control
Step 1: Verify name
Step 2: Verify SSN
Step 3: Verify DOB
Result: EHR ready for patient
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Training
NAME: JANE SMITH, RN PROCEDURE ATTENDED
TRAINING? DATE READ
PROCEDURES? DATE INITIALS
Scanning of Backfiles
Yes 4/15/15 Yes 3/22/15 JCN
EHR Creation
Yes 9/7/15 Yes 9/3/15 JCN
EHR Security Yes 9/9/15 Yes 9/3/15 JCN
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Backups Confidential information Access control Restrictions on physical access
Security 4
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Data Metadata
Metadata 5
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• Maintain essential metadata alongside EHR as part of public record
• At a minimum, save: –File creator –Date created –Title (stored as file name)
Metadata 5
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Metadata 5
Type of Metadata Examples
Application metadata Patient account number Patient last name Patient first name Date of admission
Document metadata User name When created When printed
File metadata Document type (lipid profile, CT scan, x-ray, etc.) System of creation (imaging system, etc.) Creating institution (lab, specialist, etc.)
Embedded metadata Versioning Track changes
Metadata commonly used by EHR systems
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Audit Trails
Audit trail = a record that shows who has accessed a computer system, when it was accessed, and what operations were performed (Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics
and Information Management )
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Storage Media
• Use recommended file formats
Can you open the EHR’s?
• Organization and labeling
Can you find the EHR’s?
• Hash algorithms
Have the files been tampered with?
• Recommended environmental conditions
How hot is it?
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
File Formats
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Storage Media
REFRESH IN 3-5 YEARS
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System Audit 8
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Digital Imaging
• Agencies may image any record • Balance cost and benefit • Costs of imaging
– Document preparation – Imaging (process, quality controls) – Maintenance (storage, conversion)
• Non-permanent records may be destroyed after imaging
Tuberculosis Records
Patient Clinical Records
Maternal and Child Health
Records
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Digital Imaging 9 Patients Patient
clinical records - adult
Patient clinical records - pediatric
STD/HIV/AIDS (clinical) records
Maternal and child health records
All No No Yes No
Patients seen in last _____ years
3 years 3 years n/a 5 years
Patients with chronic conditions
Yes Yes n/a Yes
Patients with appointments in next 6 months
Yes Yes n/a Yes
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Digital Imaging 9
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
http://archives.ncdcr.gov/Portals/26/PDF/gov_lists/records.duplicated.electronic.means.pdf
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Documentation • All procedural manuals • System documentation
– Includes hardware and software documentation – Review and update annually
• System and procedural documentation for scanning
• Training documentation • Audit documentation • Security backup and disaster recovery plan • System-level agreements for contracted IT services • Your Electronic Records and Imaging Policy
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Electronic Records and Imaging Policy
http://archives.ncdcr.gov/Portals/26/PDF/guidelines/model_erec_policy.pdf
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Resources
http://archives.ncdcr.gov/ ForGovernment.aspx
https://ncrecords.wordpress.com/
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State Archives of North Carolina Government Records Section
Records Management Analysts Raleigh Office
Asheville Office
Mark Holland, Unit Head ([email protected]) (919) 807-7358
Kyna Herzinger ([email protected]) (919) 807-7366
Courtney Bailey ([email protected]) (919) 807-7368
Rashida Felder ([email protected]) (919) 807-7364
Emily Sweitzer ([email protected]) (919) 807-7360
Kurt Brenneman ([email protected]) (919) 807-7357
Jason Woolf ([email protected]) (828) 296-7230 x224
archives.ncdcr.gov