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*A chart should be considered lost or missing, and "written off", when medical records still cannot find it 6 months (180 days) after the patient has been discharged from the hospital or died in hospital. | *A chart should be considered lost or missing, and "written off", when medical records still cannot find it 6 months (180 days) after the patient has been discharged from the hospital or died in hospital. | ||
*At that point the laptop record will be given the status of '''Discontinued'''. | *At that point the laptop record will be given the status of '''Discontinued'''. | ||
*The mechanism for recognizing this situation, and changing the record status will be ad hoc, | *The mechanism for recognizing this situation, and changing the record status will be ad hoc, will work through Pagasa. | ||
== Instructions for finishing off the profile == | == Instructions for finishing off the profile == | ||