SLP Documentation: Best Practices for Acute Care
This course teaches speech-language pathologists best practices in documentation for the acute care setting. Through a series of case studies, learners will understand how to address and integrate appropriate documentation that clearly communicates the patient’s status to other team members, aligns with standards, and characterizes legally credible documentation. Strategies for using objective measures to assess and document changes in a patient’s condition are addressed.
This course teaches speech-language pathologists best practices in documentation for the acute care setting. Through a series of case studies, learners will understand how to address and integrate appropriate documentation that clearly communicates the patient’s status to other team members, aligns with standards, and characterizes legally credible documentation. Strategies for using objective measures to assess and document changes in a patient’s condition are addressed.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Intermediate Level
0.10 ASHA CEUs
Kansas Health Department of Aging and Disability Services (Speech)
Approved for 1.00 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Speech Pathologists and Audiologists by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability. Long Term Sponsorship number LTS-S1057. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.
Indicate the purpose of documentation in patient care.
Determine at least four best practices for documentation in acute care settings.
Outline:
Section 1: Documentation Practices
Purposes of Documentation
Test Your Knowledge
Laws and Standards
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Effective Documentation
Quality Documentation
Test Your Knowledge
More Documentation Considerations
Test Your Knowledge
Takeaways
Section 3: Other Considerations
Service Delivery Considerations
Ethical Dilemmas
Key Takeaways
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 40 years of experience. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She has provided care to clients across the lifespan with diverse diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for a contract therapy company, she developed training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology focusing on clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. Currently, she serves as the Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology at Relias, where she leverages her clinical expertise and analysis of published research. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Speech-Language Pathologists; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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