EHR

Completing Charts in the EHR  

Read the attached article

The following quote from the article mentions a problem with data entry errors that directly affect the performance of the EHR system.

"If information is entered incorrectly on the front end the HIM department has additional clean-up on the back end, 'It is "garbage in, garbage out,' Bell notes."

Questions for discussion:

• How do you think "garbage in, garbage out" can be avoided?
• How can the source of the inaccurate data be identified?