Provision of Electronic Health Record (EHR) “Navigators” during Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Surveys
Guidance for Surveying Hospitals & CAHs with EHRs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wishes to advise hospitals and CAHs that State Survey Agency (SA) surveyors may be requesting that experienced hospital/CAH EHR users with appropriate system permissions be assigned as “navigators” to assist surveyors with medical record information retrieval for survey tasks requiring detailed medical record review.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 16, 2014
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