Chapter 4 - Evidence

6. Intentional destruction, mutilation, alteration or concealment of evidence” relevant to a legal proceeding.
7. Requires the original of a document to be produced.
10. Computerized record of health information and associated processes.
12. Information created, manipulated, communicated, stored, and best used in digital form, and more widespread use of electronic records.
13. Protects communications made by providers to patients (and perhaps patients’ relatives) from being admitted as evidence in court.
14. An out-of-court statement introduced into a court proceeding to prove the truth of the facts asserted in that statement.
15. Issued by court if there is concern information may be destroyed in cases of current or anticipated litigation, audit, or government investigation.

1. Legal document that compels an individual to give testimony or commands production, inspection, or copying of books, documents, ESI, or other tangible items.
2. Real, tangible, or clear evidence of a fact, happening, or thing that requires no thinking or consideration to prove its existence.
3. document occurrences that are inconsistent with a healthcare facility’s routine patient care practices or operations.
4. Access, use, and preservation of information, data, and records created or maintained in electronic media.
5. Evidence that is allowed to be admitted in a court of law.
8. Means by which the facts of a case are proved or disproved.
9. Limitation on the ability of parties to discover pretrial information held by another.
11. Data about data.