Read the following article:

• Wiedemann. Lou Ann. “Completing Charts in EHRs.” Journal of AHIMA 81, no. 1 (January 2010): 40-41.

The following quote from the article mentions a problem with data entry errors that directly affect the performance of the EHR system.

“If information is entered incorrectly on the front end the HIM department has additional clean-up on the back end, ‘It is “garbage in, garbage out,’ Bell notes.”

Questions for discussion:

• How do you think “garbage in, garbage out” can be avoided?
• How can the source of the inaccurate data be identified?