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Mental Health Clinical Documentation

Doc type: Policy Directive
Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory.

Doc No.: PD2010_018

Functional Group - Sub Group:
Clinical/ Patient Services - Records
Clinical/ Patient Services - Mental Health

Summary
This Policy Directive requires that all public mental health services use standardised Mental Health Clinical Documentation modules to document care. This includes all public mental health service settings: inpatient, community ambulatory and community residential. It also includes all public mental health service types: Child and Adolescent, Adult and Older People.

Date of Publication: 09 March 2010

Replaces:

  • MH-OAT Clinical Assessment Protocols and Modules - NSW Standardised [PD2005_358]
Author Branch: Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Community Health Centres, Public Hospitals

Audience: Chief Executives, Area Mental Health Directors, mental health clinical staff, medical records

Distributed to: Public Health System, Divisions of General Practice, Government Medical Officers, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Tertiary Education Institutes

Review Date: 09 March 2015

Policy Manual: Patient Matters

Status: Active

File link: Mental Health Clinical Documentation
File size: 36Kb

Mental Health Clinical Documentation

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