Syllabus

• Introductions
• Common mistakes in documentation
  • Writing too much
  • Writing too little
  • Over focusing on insurance
  • Forgetting to include insurance requirements
• Strategies for high quality notes
  • Using a personalized and consistent template
  • Considering the clinical meaning for all the potential readers
  • Writing in a timely manner
  • Communication outside of sessions
• Strategies for saving time on notes
  • Including other documentation with your notes
  • Including your client in the process
• Client access to records
  • HIPAA
  • OpenNotes
  • Collaborative documentation
• Documenting high risk issues and for specialty populations
  • High risk issues
  • Couples and families
  • Children and adolescents
• Q&A, Closing Comments