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You wrote patient denies pain.

ROOM 5400:1821 SEP 2026charting

You wrote "patient denies pain." That's yesterday's note. It's today's chart. He denied it yesterday too. He got the surgery this morning. I'll copy that tomorrow.

Episode details

Filed under
charting
Aired
21 SEP 2026
Run time
0:18
Location
4 East · Room 540
Chart address
/e/you-wrote-patient-denies-pain/

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