The Physician Practice Enhancement Program (PPEP) has made a series of updates to its assessment standards on medical records for family practice, psychiatry, pediatrics, internal medicine, and dermatology.
These changes include
- further clarification on the purpose of the assessment standard and the context for when the medical record standards are applied,
- language improvements to clarify expectations on individual items, and
- alignment with revised ºÚÁÏÉç practice standards on Virtual Care, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Medical Records, Data Stewardship and Confidentiality of Personal Information, and Primary Care Provision in Walk-in, Urgent Care and Multi-registrant Clinics.
The updated assessment standards have been approved by the PPE Panel. Final versions can be found here:
- PPEP assessment standard: Unified Medical Record for the Family Practitioner
- PPEP assessment standard: Medical Record for the Psychiatrist in an Outpatient Setting
- PPEP assessment standard: Medical Record for the Pediatrician in a Community-Based Office Setting
- PPEP assessment standard: Medical Record for the Internist in a Community-Based Office Setting
- PPEP assessment standard: Medical Record for the Dermatologist in a Community-Based Office Setting