Home health care documentation is unique because:
a. some charting is retained at the hospital.
b. the physician's office needs separate charting.
c. different health care providers need access.
d. the physician is the pivotal person in the charting.
C
Home health care documentation has unique problems because of the need for different health care workers to access the medical record.
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