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Don't use adult criteria when improving documentation for pediatric records

Physician documentation must reflect severity of illness and risk of mortality for all patients.  Robert S. Gold, MD, and Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, CPN, explain why pediatric patients require special attention in terms of clinical documentation improvement specialists.

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