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Temporary and permanent insertion of loose forms and care
reports:
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Handling clinical data that a doctor needs to see
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Handling administrative data that a doctor does not need to see
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Storage for patient files:
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Short-term (patient returns in 2 to 3 days)
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Permanent (patient is not due back soon but is currently under
care)
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Archive (patient record has not been used for some time)
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The physical circulation of records within your facility, and
between your facility and X-ray:
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Routing and tracking records within areas of your department
and out to X-ray
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Storing lab reports that come in when a patient’s file is at X-ray
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Retention schedule—destruction of records
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File security
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Legal and ethical responsibilities
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Post your presentation as an attachment.
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