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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Pain on QIs
Remember, if you are in a facility where the medical staff opt to use prn
medication instead of the WHO "by the clock, by the mouth, by the pill"
method, then you will have a higher rate.
Also, some facilities are incorrectly interpreting the statement "if the
medication makes the resident pain-free then code "0"" to mean if the prn
works code 0.
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