Year: 2011
Resolution Number: 68
Action Taken: No Action
Status:
Author(s): Michelle M. Condon, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Community Health and other appropriate state agencies to amend the practice of asking physicians to sign a blank EMR screen for paramedic records so that physician signature is meaningful and legally appropriate without frustrating our paramedic partners.RATIONALE: The Committee believes it is incumbent upon physicians to know what they sign before it is signed. Additionally, there is no evidence indicating that physicians are required to sign a blank EMR screen.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Community Health and other appropriate state agencies to amend the practice of asking physicians to sign a blank EMR screen for paramedic records so that physician signature is meaningful and legally appropriate without frustrating our paramedic partners.RATIONALE: The Committee believes it is incumbent upon physicians to know what they sign before it is signed. Additionally, there is no evidence indicating that physicians are required to sign a blank EMR screen.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Prohibit Ambulance Companies from Presenting Blank Screens for Physician Signature