Introduction

Elizabeth Irias is a licensed marriage and family therapist with specializations in utilization review, clinical management and quality assurance. "Clinical documentation is very important to our practice," she says. It can help us pare down our notes so that we save more time while still satisfying the legal and ethical requirements for our progress notes. Quality clinical documentation leads to more financial stability, improved utilization review outcomes, satisfied accrediting bodies,. All of that leads into improved client care.