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Episode 5: The Missing Link - How Gaps in Medical Records Shape Litigation Outcomes.
A patient on blood thinners, a dizzy spell, and no blood pressure recorded. That empty space settled the case. In this episode I walk through what a gap in the medical record really is (missing notes, late entries, altered records, unsigned orders), why copy-forward charting can be worse than a blank space, how counsel turns an absence into evidence, and how a defense builds a bridge across it.
For clinicians: document the negative space, and never fill a gap with a fabrication. For attorneys: ask for the…
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