Ethics in Behavioral Health Documentation: Reasons, Risks, and Rewards

Course overview

About the course This basic-level course will help practitioners approach documentation in a way that is guided not solely by what is mandated, but by what is mutually beneficial to all stakeholders in the documentation process: The practitioner, the agency, the funding source, and - most of all - the clients. Learning Outcomes Explain the rationale for high-quality documentation. Describe the content of good clinical documentation. Identify aspects of clinical documentation that present potential ethical problems. Describe decision-making in ethical documentation. Discuss proper documentation within integrated care settings. Recognize documentation risks specific to digital record-keeping.