Arthritis is one of the top five chronic conditions found among our patient population, yet managing this debilitating condition is difficult in a secure setting. Our patients have limited access to therapeutic modalities and limited control over their daily activities. They are usually expected to walk on concrete floors and sleep on thin mattresses. Housing units stack bunk beds and…
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In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting in a health record that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased. In the next post, we discussed which words and phrases implied bias and stigmatization, and so today I want to share one possible way (and there are many) the progress note could be written so…
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In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased, and today I wanted to review the words that make it so. Here is the progress note: “Patient is a 38-year-old black male who came to the medical unit via wheelchair after he allegedly had a seizure and fell off the top bunk….
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