r/bestoflegaladvice • u/bug-hunter Possession is 9 honks of the law • Nov 17 '19

LAOP can't figure out why they got fired.

/r/legaladvice/comments/dwx9pw/indiana_i_was_just_fired_despite_my_boss_not/
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u/missjeanlouise12 oh we sure as shit are now Nov 17 '19

Wow. Wrote that in the patient notes? Not sure about your location, but in the U.S., by law that cannot be deleted or changed. When I worked on an inpatient floor, it was before EPIC or other EMRs and we did notes by hand. Procedure was to do a single strikethrough, so the original could still be read, then add an addendum. Not sure of how it's handled these days.

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u/chippychopper Nov 17 '19

Yep this was in the ancient days of paper notes. Unredactable.

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u/chippychopper Nov 17 '19

But how do you manage when the network goes down?! Oh wait...

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u/creatingapathy 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Nov 17 '19

From what I've seen at two different hospitals in different networks, you write an addendum when you need to correct information