title: Charting a course toward legible medical records. Perfect paperwork can mean financial savings, better patient care.
abstract: Short of going fully electronic, there are various ways to clean up your medical record system to make it more efficient and less time-consuming. Check out how some experienced physician executives are dealing with this perennial problem.
authors.affiliation: doweber@mcn.org
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States