DOCUMENTATION OF PLAN OF CARE/REPORTING

• Documentation - The interactions between and among health professionals, clients, and their families. and health care organizations.
• Documentation - the administration of tests, procedures, treatments, and client education.
• Documentation - the results or client’s response to these diagnostic tests and interventions.
• Documentation - serves as a permanent record of client information and care.
• Reporting - takes place when two or more people share information about client care, either face to face or by telephone.
• Communication - provides efficient and effective method of sharing information.
• Legal Documentation - it is a admissible as evidence in a court of law.
• Research - provides valuable health-related data for research.
• Statistics - provides statistical information that can be utilized for planning people’s future needs.
• Education - Serves as an educational tool for students in health discipline.
• Audit & Quality Assurance - monitors the quality of care received by the client and the competence of health care givers.
• Planning Client Care - provides data which the entire health team uses plan care for the client
• Reimbursement - provides the basis for decisions regarding care to be provided and subsequent reimbursement to the agency, to cover health related expenses.