Hospitals generally store patient records in six forms including, paper, microfilm, and
electronic. "Electronic" records are either original computer generated charts or optical image
files of charts scanned by hospital personnel and saved on hospital computers. ...
... Should not this Court clarify the doctrine of sentencing merger, and its implications under
constitutional double jeopardy analysis, under circumstances where the exact same set of facts
satisfies the elements of two different offenses? ... 9765. Merger of sentences. ...
... Under the de facto merger doctrine, when a transaction cast as an acquisition or sale of assets
has the economic effect of a merger, a court may treat it as a merger for purposes of successor
liability even if it does not meet the statutory requirements for a merger. ...