FORENSIC FRIDAY: Where Did This Clinical Note Actually Come From?

A clinical note can travel across EHRs, interfaces, interoperability networks, HIEs, and exchange documents — but what arrives may not always tell the full story of what originated. This Forensic Friday examines clinical note provenance, versioning, addenda, query/retrieve timing, CDA/C-CDA exchange, and the challenge of tracing copied information back to its true source.