Identify a facility in your area by looking on the Internet. Find out as much as you can about the facility including the types of services that it offers. Describe the facility in terms of size, organization, types of patients, and average length of stay. What type of facility is it? What types of licensure and accreditation do they have? Do they provide ambulatory care or acute care? Did your findings surprise you?

Identify a facility in your area by looking on the Internet. Find out as much as you can about the facility including the types of services that it offers. Describe the facility in terms of size, organization, types of patients, and average length of stay. What type of facility is it? What types of licensure and accreditation do they have? Do they provide ambulatory care or acute care? Did your findings surprise you?

Locate the licensure regulations for your state. What are the provisions for the content of a health record? What are the rules regarding the timeliness of completion of a record? Locate any state laws regarding health information or medical records for your state. Are there retention statues? Are references to the costs of providing copies of medical records? Share your thoughts on whether you feel these are quite liberal or too strict. Examine your state’s regulations in relation to some of your peer’s posts.