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General Risk: Record Keeping

The Faintest Ink
Carol Murray, RHIA, CPHRM

Medical Record Retention
Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM

Frequently Asked Questions: Medical Records Issues
Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM and Susan Shepard, MSN, MA, RN, CPHRM

Accurate Medical Records: Your Primary Line of Defense
Mark Gorney, MD, FACS, Paula Jenkins, Laura A. Dixon, BS, JD, RN, CPHRM, and Susan Shepard, MSN, MA, RN, CPHRM

The Defensible Medical Record
Mark Gorney, MD, FACS, Paula Jenkins, and Joan Bristow