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This number includes charts with speech-language pathology notes, although all charts with communication ability documentation from a speech-language pathologist also had communication ability documentation by another type of provider.
and conducted a content analysis, or an analysis of the text used in the communication ability documentation.
At least one encounter note with communication ability documentation appeared in 58 or 72% of the 81 charts, that is to say, 23 (28%) of charts had no provider notes with documentation of the patient's communication ability.
28 Skills training described by Riley et al 29 aimed to enhance Canadian paramedics' documentation of patients' ability to understand and decide (capacity) to decline ambulance transport showed no effect compared with pretraining records.
We categorized the communication ability documentation notes into four categories: (1) description of the patient's communication abilities, (2) description of the communication methods the patient used or that the provider recommended the patient to use, (3) referral to speech-language pathology services, and (4) discussion of medical management of the patient's speech abilities.
In 2010 informants emphasized the need to develop a comprehensive knowledge management strategy that would provide a platform for coherent and transparent EIDM processes, full and rapid acquisition of information, consistent and thorough documentation, and the ability to share knowledge across the organization.
Of the notes that included documentation of communication abilities, 56% (n = 655) described the patient's abilities, 52% (n = 605) described the method the patient used to communicate, 10% (n = 116) discussed medical management of the patient's speech, and finally 10% (n = 116) were a referral to speech-language pathology services.
To date, only two studies have examined the documentation of communication abilities in the EHR.
Several possible factors could have contributed to our findings of a low rate of documentation of communication abilities.
