Patient radio Reports

[Guest guest]

I have a legal question for you, that others on the list might have

knowledge of. Generally, when EMS calls in a patient report to a hospital,

the nurses, doctors or techs who answer the phone or radio, jot down the

information on a form or in a book. Is this information discoverable in

proceedings? And if it is, shouldn't that form be attached to patient

records? And If there re Hospital types on the list, does your facility

attach these forms?

A.

michaelnelson@...

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[Guest guest]

I have seen them supoened and discovered many times. They do not involve a

patient-physician or attorney-client privilege issue. In fact, they may be

considered public record as they are a log resulting from use of the public

airways (i.e. cell phone, EMS radio frequencies).

Bledsoe, DO

Patient radio Reports

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> I have a legal question for you, that others on the list might have

> knowledge of. Generally, when EMS calls in a patient report to a

hospital,

> the nurses, doctors or techs who answer the phone or radio, jot down the

> information on a form or in a book. Is this information discoverable in

> proceedings? And if it is, shouldn't that form be attached to patient

> records? And If there re Hospital types on the list, does your facility

> attach these forms?

> A.

> michaelnelson@...

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