Record keeping is important for legal protection, memory/communication aid, legal requirements, professional standards of practice, and insurance requirements. Medical records should include specific outlines of patient health histories, be written legibly, use permanent ink or computer records, identify time, date and signature for every entry, describe patient care, findings, changes in condition, and patient/caregiver responses to teaching. Forms in medical records include emergency information, health histories, injury/rehabilitation evaluations, daily treatment forms, and insurance information. Other athletic training/sports medicine records may include budgetary, insurance claims, coaching reports, equipment supply information, personnel information, and student education information. Communication records include what to include in referrals to physicians,