1.   Also, the hospital now requires an operating surgeon and senior nurse to document that all patient records have been reviewed before surgery.

2.   And despite the legal protections, administrators say they worry, too, about the confidentiality of patient records.

3.   And that most critical of documents, the patient record, lived on in paper form.

4.   And, he then introduced software products and consulting services and would enable hospitals to better manage patient records and other data.

5.   Besides being viewed by doctors and hospitals, most patient records are also available to insurers, pharmacists, state health organizations and researchers, he said.

6.   A detailed report, including confidential patient medical records and specific cases reviewed by regulators, was forwarded to Cigna in February.

7.   A hospital transfers patient records to an insurance affiliate, which turns down a policy renewal.

8.   Agents also confiscated patient records, prescriptions and computer records.

9.   All three provide hospitals with software and hardware to link test laboratories, doctors offices, patient records and billing departments on closed computer networks, Trafton said.

10.   But the survey did not ask doctors whether they use computers for patient medical records, an area in which doctors have lagged.