Charting Practices to Protect Against Malpractice: Case Reviews and Learning Points
Introduction: Medical documentation issues play a role in 10–20% of medical malpractice lawsuits. Inaccurate, incomplete, or generic records undermine a physician’s defense and make a plaintiff’s lawyer more likely to take on a case. Despite the frequency of documentation errors in malpractice suits...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4706g1g8 |