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| | How to make sure your archived..., ACP Observer Jul/Aug 99 |
 | | Perhaps even more importantly, explained Peter Waegemann, president of the Medical Records Institute in Newton, Mass., physicians need thorough records and archives to document their decision-making process if they are audited by a health plan or by Medicare. |
 | | He also said that those records must be legible, use only abbreviations and terms common to the medical specialty, and adequately identify the patient and last date of professional service. |
 | | Records must also indicate the patient's condition, diagnosis, medication and quantity prescribed, treatment and progress. |
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