Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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Take Care of e-Signature Security

Question: A recent compliance risk assessment determined that the e-signatures we use and have our patients use were accessible by someone outside of our lab. This was an audit, so we didn’t identify breaches, but would like to know, what can we do to protect this information going forward? Missouri Subscriber Answer: Even though it’s not a requirement under the [...]
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