World Physiotherapy aims to improve the quality of
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service delivery by strengthening agreed professional standards that recognise the importance and legal requirement for accurate and comprehensive and records.Documentation: The process of recording of all aspects of patient/client care/management including the results of the initial examination/assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis/plan, intervention/treatment, response to intervention/ treatment, changes in patient/client status relative to the intervention/treatment, re-examination, and discharge/discontinuation of intervention and other patient/client management activities.
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and records management include keeping, storage, retrieval and disposal. Physiotherapists have a professional and legal obligation to document and maintain as appropriate up-to-date / record.To support implementation, you can access the World Physiotherapy guideline on documentation and record management.
