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Documentation: Risk Management

Solid documentation can demonstrate that you met or exceeded the standard care and can help you mitigate your risks.

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Date: Friday, June 28, 2024

Thorough documentation is a benefit and protection for both patients and clients and the clinician. It gives needed information to all providers involved with the individual's care in order to make informed decisions.

For physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, high-quality documentation provides a real-time, historical account of encounters with patients and clients, which can be an important source of evidence if care is ever called into question.

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Date: June 28, 2024
Contact:  practice@apta.org
Content Type:  Article

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