Module 2: Documentation in OT Practice Flashcards
What are the two types of records?
- Clinical Records
- Administrative/Departmental Records
These contain information that relate to patient care such as OT notes, referral notes, assessment notes, etc.
Clinical Records
These are records created for administrative purposes such as Statistical Records, Personal Management Records, Equipment and Supply Records, and Financial Records.
Administrative or Departmental Records
Who are the audiences for OT documentation?
- Medical professionals
- Educators
- Accreditation agencies
- Payers
- Client & Caregiver
The documents’ goals and purpose are clearly stated.
“Function & Purpose” in documentation
The documents’ are capable of being understood and transmitted.
Communicability in documentation
Documents achieve consistency for comparison purposes.
Standardization in documentation
The application of physical appearance technicalities in documents.
“Form Development & Design” in documentation
Confidentiality is practiced and clinic owns all records.
“Ownership and Retention” in documentation
The reporting and interpretation of clients’ responses on assessments and interventions in a medical record.
Clinical documentation
Essential features of clinical documentation (6)
- Date of completion of report
- Full signature & credentials
- Type of document
- Client name & case number on each page
- Acceptable abbreviations
- Acceptable terminology
What are the documents under the Initiation stage of OT?
- Screening document
- Evaluation document
Taken prior to an evaluation
A short note usually written summarizing the conversation and the results
Screening
Reports written by OT to document the start of intervention
Containts factual data collected during the process and its interpretation
Evaluation
Contents of evaluation reports (8)
- Identifying & background information
- Referral information
- Evaluation procedures / tests used
- Occupational profile
- Findings & results
- Interpretation of results
- Plan of intervention
- OT’s signatures & credentials
It contains a prioritized problem list, the goals related to the problem, and the desired potential functions and improvements
Intervention Plan Document
Types of goals
- Long-term goals
- Short-term goals
Change in occupational limitations and change in participation restriction occur
Occurs prior to the termination of intervention wherein desired functional outcomes are achieved
Long-term goals
Component subskills which are to be achieved over short time frames
Successively lead to the attainment of the LTG
Short-term goals
In writing a goal statement, the _____ structure is mostly used in the Philippines:
ABCD (Audience - Behavior - Conditions - Duratio)