RE: MDS Medical Records

[Brenda Chance]

We are copying the MDS from the last record and putting these copies on the current chart.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MDS Medical Records   I am trying to keep the required last 15 month MDS assessments on the charts of readmitted residents. Medical records will not let me take the MDS out of the closed chart (from previous admission).  Is this the current medical record practice?  What does everyone else do?  I am trying to save myself the work of copying these assessments.    Thanks.