Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 My New Year's Resolution is to be nice to everyone on this message board. Since it is the eve of the New Year, at least in my time zone... Why is their such an effort to throw away old charts? I would think it easier to store them somewhere than to sift through them and to shred them... and then hope that there is no reason to need to old chart. I graduated in 96. Started here in 98. I will not send my staff to look through to find charts from 98 and then send them off to the shredder. Maybe I am a pack rat. When we run out of space, we will stack them up and send them to a storage facility somewhere. You just dont know. Maybe a freakish, frivolous lawsuit, where the person claims that the hamstring stretch in '87 caused a stroke in '03. Maybe you might want to pull some old stats - or show a student how you used to document wayyy way way back when. (This applies only to OLD PTs). Happy New Year Simonetti, DPT land > > Also a good idea to keep pediatric records seperate. > > I dont stay current with this field anymore; but, recall discussions with > Medical Records dept that those need to kept for so many years AFTER they > become 21. > > It might be a good idea to consult with a local Medical Records professional > at a local hospital to be sure of current requirements. > > Steve Passmore > Healthy Recruiting Tools > spass@h... > > keeping patient files > > > > > > > > What are the requirements for outpatient files, in terms of keeping them > > before shredding? I have been told by various sources that 7 years after > > the last date of service is the standard. > > > > > > > > Sac Spine & PT > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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