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Thomas R McLean1, Lori Burton, Chris C Haller

  • 1VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System-Dwight D Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS 66048, USA.

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Electronic medical record (EMR) metadata usage by surgical residents and medical students was analyzed. This data, particularly image visualization, may be used to challenge physicians in malpractice lawsuits.

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Published on: September 20, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Legal Medicine
  • Radiology Informatics

Background:

  • Limited information exists on the utilization and legal implications of electronic medical record (EMR) metadata.
  • EMR metadata, including image access logs, is increasingly relevant in legal contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To retrospectively analyze the visualization of medical images by residents and medical students using Vista Imaging (VI) metadata.
  • To review laws governing e-discovery and their impact on EMR metadata.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of Vista Imaging (VI) metadata for surgery residents and medical students over a 5-month period.
  • Analysis of image access patterns, focusing on CT scans.
  • Review of legal precedents and rules related to e-discovery and EMR authentication.

Main Results:

  • Surgery residents accessed VI significantly more frequently (approx. once daily) than family practice residents or medical students (approx. once weekly).
  • CT scans were the most frequently visualized images across all groups, with surgery residents viewing them in 81.9% of sessions.
  • Changes in e-discovery rules suggest increased use of EMR metadata in litigation.

Conclusions:

  • EMR metadata provides detailed physician activity profiles.
  • This metadata is likely to be increasingly employed to undermine physician credibility in medical malpractice litigation.