A physician at hospital X is being sued for medical malpractice. The director of health information management is gathering information to help the physician prepare for the court case. She has been asked to retrieve the constellation reports and the emergency room records for the patient in question. Under the rules of admissible evidence, peace medical records would be classified as evidence
Explanation: Evidence used at trial can include testimonial evidence (witness statements), documentary evidence (papers and documents, such as medical records), and real evidence (tangible things, such as a surgeon’s scalpel).
