We analyzed the visit note for documentation of joint pain and, if present, indications of the level of joint pain using quantitative pain ratings and whether a plan to address joint pain was provided.
Comorbid disease is known to influence the outcome of total joint arthroplasty, and its documentation is therefore of utmost importance in clinical evaluation of the individual patient as well as in research.
For example, a structured documentation of joint involvement was a prerequisite for validation of the classification criteria.
Provider (e.g., MD or NP) documentation of joint pain was noted in 124 visits (82%), however, no quantitative assessments of pain were observed.
Examining the medical records in some cases showed that the routine for documentation of joint involvement was less structured before the introduction of the 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria, which may have given rise to this result.
The American and Chinese insurers said they planned to distribute life insurance and other insurance products in major cities across China, and intended to sign final documentation of the joint venture by May 31 of next year.
This has become evident at the micro level as, for example, creative development of meetings with mentors for the needs of the relevant research day care center or as utilization of different documentation methods in joint discussions.
Participants had to be at least 45 years of age and have radiographic documentation consistent with joint space loss.
Concordantly, we could find a reasonably high documentation rate for joint counts, which is somewhat different to published data from other countries [ 33].
David Whitehouse, joint administrator, said: "We provided initial documentation to Strathclyde Police very shortly after our appointment as administrators on 14 February and have had a number of conversations with the police since then.
