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Patient files: Whose are they?

Abstract:

For the past 12 months we have adopted a team approach in our independent midwifery practice. Women in our care now look after their own notes. When we began independent practice, each midwife made alternate visits to each woman in our care. Having no clinic, all our antenatal visits occurred at the women's home. We soon accumulated large volumes of notes which were being transported over long distance, and being carried in and out of cars and homes. Because each of us needed access to the information, we tried various methods to 'pass notes around' meetings, posting, photocopying and finally, for convenience, we began to leave each woman's notes in her care.

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maternity notes, midwifery notes