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Health and hearsay
Legal actions engage health records as evidence are geared to buttress or strengthen or on the other hand vilify the testimony given at a trial. “Evidence” is understood as “testimony, writings, material objects, and other things presented to prove or disprove a fact.” Health record can be used as proof in either civil or criminal actions as well as in administrative hearings. However, before a party can use health records as evidence in any proceedings, the party seeking to use these records must first determine whether these are admissible; to be admissible, these must be determined as relevant ...
