How to keep good clinical records

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Wythenshawe Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
² 1st Dept of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Care, 1st Medical School and General University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
³ Dept of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK.

Alexander Mathioudakis et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;12(4):369-373.

doi: 10.1183/20734735.018016.

¹ Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Wythenshawe Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
² 1st Dept of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Care, 1st Medical School and General University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
³ Dept of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK.

Abstract

Clinical record keeping is integral to good professional practice and the delivery of quality healthcare http://ow.ly/TicN305wiyc.

Conflict of interest None declared.

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