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Attached is the powerpoint presentation COCOA: A multi-disciplinary collaboration to reduce HACs through appropriate documentation by Nancy Rae Ignatowicz, RN, MBA, CCDS, System Mananger of Clinical Documentation for Provena Health in Frankfort, IL.
