It ain't what you say.... legibility and clarity of treatment records.
The content of treatment records is irrelevant if it cannot be understood. This is a report of a clinical audit project that aimed to assess the readability of records, and set standards to be maintained throughout the practice for handwriting and use of abbreviations.
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D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D019230:Dental Audit / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003792:Dental Records / Q000592:standards; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000193:education; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D009626:Terminology as Topic