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he medical record is the wellspring of data for countless decisions regarding patient care from doctors, paramedical and administrative staff. Even though, during recent years the ancillary activities like audit, research, legal etc which depend on the medical record have received most of the attention. The most frequent problem encountered by administrative and medical authorities is probably as old as the concept of the medical records itself i.e. its completion in time and in accurate manner. An inaccurate or incomplete medical record reflects that the patient care was incomplete. Medical record which contains gaps depicts poor clinical care, demonstrate non-compliance with institutional policies and can be used to support allegations of negligence or fraud. Moreover, an incomplete patients clinical documentation can leads to legal actions, can results in loosing job, contribute to imprecise quality and care information, leading to lost revenue/reimbursement to institution or physician, inappropriate billing and leading to charges of fraud. In addition, incomplete or improper documentation interfere with research, data analysis, patient-related studies and most likely compromises 1,2 safe patient care. That's why every health care provider institution should ensure timely, precise and complete clinical documentation of all patients at any cost.

Ishtiaq Ahmed. (2018) Medical Documentation- An Ignored Aspect in Patient Care, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-13, Issue-1.
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