case notes
File on someone
Case notes are the written records professionals keep about their work with clients, patients, or subjects.
Social workers document home visits, therapists record session summaries, lawyers track client communications.
The notes create a paper trail of observations, decisions, and actions taken: Her case notes showed a pattern of missed appointments.
In medical and legal contexts, case notes may become evidence.
- anamnesisRecalled past, especially medical
- chartData shown visually
- reportsFormal written findings
- memosShort official messages
- recordsStored data or albums
documentation · medical record · social worker · mental health · record-keeping · summaries · treatment plans · memoranda · abstracts · briefs · patient charts · medical history · HIPAA compliance · patient privacy · confidentiality · professional boundaries · data protection · pathology reports
- legal writingbriefs, memos, legal analysis
- investigationinvestigation, detective, evidence, clue, suspect
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, job training
- notesmemo, reminder, to-do list, memo pad, scratch pad
- case evidencepolice reports, fingerprints, DNA samples, forensic reports, autopsy reports
- legal recordscourt orders, court decisions, court filings, court rolls, court reports
case notesfinal report
Concluding written assessment
official report · executive summary · public record · press release
case notesfinal report
Concluding written assessment
discharge summary · case summary · official report · post-mortem · verdict
case notescase summary
Condensed legal overview
executive summary · overview · synopsis · abstract · case history
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