title: Case note chaos: prevention is better than cure.
abstract: The long term storage of hospital clinical records is becoming a big problem. A great reduction in the bulk of case notes can be achieved by compartmentalizing unstructured case notes. Such a system has many advantages for medical staff, and its widespread use would do much to alleviate storage problems in future years.
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006753:Hospital Records; D007256:Information Systems; D008499:Medical Records; D011996:Records