[The effect of specialist supervision on the quality of medical documentation in occupational health services].

The effect if different factors on the quality of documentation on medical prophylactic examinations in occupational health services is presented. Following the binding legal regulations, the tools (forms and application software) for evaluating the quality of documentation by regional specialists has been developed. The medical documentation has been kept by authorized doctors using old and new forms. The results of three successive controls carried out in three voivodships during the third term of 1996 showed improved quality parameters (transparency and input of appropriate data) due to new pattern of medical documentation. Nevertheless, the key role in quality assurance of medical documentation is played by a regional specialists, equipped with suitable tools facilitating assessment of documentation kept by individual doctors.