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|Articles|June 10, 2013

Medical Records: The Road Map to Quality Care

This 3-week course addresses medical record-keeping topics including elements of a complete medical record, standard medical abbreviations, functions and benefits of the SOAP format, compliance issues related to medical records, designing and implementing a medical record audit system, how to purge and properly dispose of medical records, electronic record-keeping, and developing consent forms tailored to a specific practice. (10 CE credits)

This 3-week course addresses medical record-keeping topics including elements of a complete medical record, standard medical abbreviations, functions and benefits of the SOAP format, compliance issues related to medical records, designing and implementing a medical record audit system, how to purge and properly dispose of medical records, electronic record-keeping, and developing consent forms tailored to a specific practice. (10 CE credits)

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