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Quality patient care starts with the medical record
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DVM
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October 1, 2004
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Copyright informationCopyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. Oct 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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An automated system can help doctors offer more-consistent, better care to more patients
Maintaining quality medical records is obviously an important part of delivering high-quality healthcare.
This column will review the many components that go into creating a dynamic and active medical record.
Table 1 is a representation of how activities can flow from the medical record.
Here are some important considerations when it comes to using medical records to initiate critical hospital functions.
Clinicians need to make entries to activate all other actions within the hospital.
Invoicing can be accomplished by support staff, which allows the veterinarian to move on to the next patient.
Other key ...