EPPP Ethics: Clinical Documentation, HIPAA, and Record Keeping

Clinical records are more than paperwork—they are essential tools for ethical practice, continuity of care, and professional risk management. This episode reviews the EPPP essentials of clinical documentation, including HIPAA privacy and security, record retention, psychotherapy notes, client access, telehealth, high-risk clients, and court-involved cases. Clinical examples throughout the episode show how these principles apply to real-world practice while helping you recognize the kinds of scenarios likely to appear on the EPPP.