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3. Name and discuss the various categories of medical facilities. Provide local examples if possible (examples within your state if not).(reading attached)

4. What is the purpose(s) the health record? Also, identify what your role as an HIM professional is for ensuring the quality of health record attributes. (reading attached)

5. Compare and contrast and the paper-based & the electronic health record (EHR). Be sure to include the benefits and detriments.(reading attached)

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Lesson Introduction Prior to the implementation of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), patients characteristically received health care services as hospital inpatients where they remained until they were well enough to be discharged home. The IPPS uses diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to categorize inpatient hospital cases into groups that are anticipated to consume similar hospital resources. Medicare initially introduced this classification system to pay for inpatient hospital care, with other payers adopting this PPS in succeeding years. Under DRGs, inpatients are discharged after the acute phase of illness has passed, and they are often transferred to other types of healthcare facilities. The transfer facilities provide an apt level of health care in a safe and cost-effective way after the patient's attending physician with the assistance of case managers has determined which facility is best by assessing the patient's medical condition, special needs, and treatment objectives. Health Care Settings Most inpatient stays are typically short (less than 30 days) at acute care facilities (ACF). They provide health care services to patients who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries and/or who need certain surgeries. Although some patients may stay for longer periods of time if it is medically necessary, because each inpatient day is very expensive, a utilization manager closely monitors patient care to determine whether acute health care services should be continued. Hospitals are classified as (1) single hospitals (not part of a larger organization) and (2) multi-hospital systems (two or more hospitals owned, managed, or leased by a single organization). Other classification schemes include population served, bed size, and length of stay. Some health care facilities provide care to specific groups of people. Some facilities focus on the treatment of children (e.g., pediatric hospitals) while others have special units (e.g., burn unit). The hospital bed size (or bed count) is the overall number of inpatient beds for which the facility is licensed by the state; the hospital must be equipped and staffed to care for these patient admissions. The hospital's mean length of stay (LOS) indicates whether the hospital stay is classified as short-term or acute, with an average LOS of 4 to 5 days and a total LOS of less than 25 days, or long-term, with an average LOS of greater than 25 days. Hospitals are also classified by the following types: Critical access hospitals (CAH) are those located more than 35 miles from any other hospital or another CAH, or they are state certified as being a necessary provider of health care to area residents. CAHs are required to provide emergency services 24 hours a day and maintain no more than 15 inpatient beds. General hospitals provide emergency care, perform general surgery, and admit patients for an array of problems based on licensing by the state. Rehabilitation hospitals admit patients who are diagnosed with trauma (e.g., broken leg) or disease (e.g., hypertension) and need to learn how to function. Behavioral health care hospitals provide treatment for individuals with mental health diagnoses. Hospital Patients Hospital patients may classified as ambulatory patients (outpatients), ambulatory surgery patients (e.g., day surgery), emergency care patients, inpatients, newborn patients, observation care patients, and subacute care patients. The maximum length of stay is of 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds for ambulatory patients (or outpatients). They must be admitted to the facility as an inpatient if they require a longer stay. Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems (e.g., trauma) and are either released the same day or admitted to the hospital as inpatients. Inpatients are provided with room and board and nursing services for 24 or more hours. Sub-acute Care Sub-acute care is given in facilities that provide specialized long-term acute care such as chemotherapy, injury rehabilitation, ventilator support, and wound care etc. These facilities can appear like mini-intensive care units as they typically do not offer the full range of health care services available in acute care facilities such as emergency departments, obstetrics, and surgery. Sub-acute care is much less expensive than acute care, and patients are frequently transferred directly from an intensive care unit. Medicare will reimburse sub-acute care facilities if care provided is applicable and medically necessary. Managed care initially referred to the prepaid health care sector (e.g., HMOs), which combined health care delivery with the financing of health care services. The term is progressively being used to refer to preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and some forms of indemnity coverage or plans that allow you to direct your own health care and visit almost any doctor or hospital you like, that incorporates utilization management activities. Utilization management controls health care costs and the quality of health care by evaluating cases for suitability and medical necessity. Preadmission certification (PAC) is a form of utilization management that involves analysis for medical necessity of inpatient care prior to inpatient admission. Some types of managed care include HMO, PPO, and EPO. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) provide comprehensive health care services to members on a prepaid basis. A preferred provider organization (PPO) is a network of physicians and hospitals join together to contract with third-party payers (e.g., insurance companies), employers, and other organizations to provide health care to subscribers for a discounted fee. Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) affords benefits to subscribers who receive health care services from network providers, which are physicians and healthcare organizations under contract to the managed care plan. Federal, State, and Local Health Care Federal, state, and local correctional facilities afford inmates with a secure housing environment that also offers medical, dental, and mental health care services. The standard of care provided to inmates is imposed by court decisions, legislation, accepted correctional and health care standards, and departmental policies and procedures. Care is provided by skilled healthcare professionals who are licensed by the state. The Military Health System (MHS) governs health care for active members of the uniformed services (and their dependents) as provided by military treatment facilities and networks of civilian health care professionals. A military treatment facility (MTF) is a clinic and/or hospital located on a United States military base. The Military Medical Support Office (MMSO) coordinates civilian health care services when MTF services are inaccessible. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care to veterans of the armed services. The Veterans Health Administration is home to the United States’ largest cohesive health care system consisting of 150 medical centers, nearly 1,400 community-based outpatient clinics, community living centers, Vet Centers and Domiciliaries. The VHA developed regional Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) to administer and provide health care services at VA medical centers (VAMCs) and community-based outpatient clinics. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. There programs include Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), which provides grant funds to states and territories to provide families with financial assistance and related support services, Administration on Aging (AoA), which promotes the well-being of older individuals by providing services and programs designed to help them live independently in their homes and communities and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services. Other nation-wide agencies involved in healthcare include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent outbreak of diseases, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assures the safety of foods and cosmetics, and the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals, biological products, and medical devices, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) which oversees the nation's organ transplantation system and the Indian Health Service (IHS) which supports a network of 37 hospitals, 60 health centers, 3 school health centers, 46 health stations, and 34 urban Indian health centers to provide services to nearly 1.5 million. Preceding 1983, when the diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) prospective payment system (PPS) was employed as part of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), patients usually received health care services as hospital inpatients until they were well enough to be discharged home. Diagnosisrelated groups (DRGs) categorize inpatient hospital cases into groups that are likely to consume similar hospital resources. Medicare initially introduced this classification system to pay for inpatient hospital care, with other payers adopting this PPS in succeeding years. Under DRGs, inpatients are discharged once the acute phase of illness has ended, and they are often transferred to other types of health care such as outpatient care skilled care facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, home health care, etc. The transfer facilities deliver an suitable level of health care in a safe and economical manner after the patient’s attending physician (with the assistance of discharge planners, case managers, social workers, nurses, and others) has determined which facility is best by assessing the patient’s medical condition, special needs, and treatment objectives. References Skurka, M. A. (Ed.). (2017). Health information management: principles and organization for health information services. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons. LaTour, K. (2013). Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA. McWay, D. (2014). Today's health information management: An integrated approach (2nd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar/Cengage Learning. Sayles, N. (n.d.). Health information management technology: An applied approach (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA. • Lesson Introduction The patient record, weather paper or electronic, has many purposes, but only one objective —documentation of patient care. It is a business record and serves as legal evidence of what has of the treatment and procedures the patient receives. Irrespective of the treatment(s) provided, a health care facility's patient records contain comparable content (e.g., consent forms) and format features (e.g., all records contain patient identification information). Definition of Purpose of the Patient Record The health record functions as the business record for a patient encounter, contains documentation of all health care services provided to a patient, and is a repository of information that includes demographic data, as well as documentation to support diagnoses, justify treatment, and record treatment results. Demographic data is patient identification information collected according to facility policy and includes the patient's name and other information, such as date of birth, place of birth, mother's maiden name, social security number, and so on. In addition, the facility includes its name, mailing address, and telephone number on each page of the patient record since providers who receive copies of records may need to contact the facility for clarification about record content. It is important to note that each page of the patient record should include the following identification information: name of the attending or primary care provider, patient's name, patient number, date of admission/visit, and name/address/telephone number of the facility. Ownership of the Patient Record A lot of patient’s make the mistake of thinking the medical record is theirs. However, the medical record is the property of the healthcare provider, and as governed by federal and state laws, the patient has the right to access its contents for review (e.g., third-party payer reimbursement) and to request that erroneous information be amended. (If the provider decides not to amend the record, the patient can pen a letter clarifying the information, which is then filed in the record.) In addition, the provider has the option to keep the record on its premises or at a suitable off-site storage facility. Electronic health records (EHRs) or computer-based patient records (CPRs) include electronic and/or digital characters and signatures that are eternally stored on a disk; the records are viewed on a monitor or as a printout. The provider is liable for keeping minimum data elements of authoritative original EHRs (or CPRs) in the same manner as original paper records. Authentication of Patient Record Entries All patient record entries must be authenticated. Authentication means an entry is signed by the author (e.g., provider). Only the author of an entry can authenticate that entry, thus establishing that the entry is correct and has been verified by the author. Authentication of patient record entries can be done through an author-entered computer code. It is important to note, auto-authentication involves a provider authenticating a dictated report prior to its transcription. Each health care facility must choose suitable authentication method(s), which comply with federal, state, and/or third-party payer requirements. Methods include: Signature Requirements for Patient Records Healthcare organizations must require providers sign with their first initial, last name, and title/credential or discipline as a minimum. A facility can have stricter minimums. Medicare requires a legible identity for services provided and ordered but does not stipulate the technique to be used. Electronic Signatures As allowed by federal and state regulations, electronic signatures can be accepted by facilities. An electronic signature is a nonspecific term for all the various methods by which an electronic document can be authenticated. They include typing the name at the end of an email, inserting a digitized image of a handwritten signature in an electronic document and a secret code or PIN (personal identification number) to identify the sender to the recipient. Similar to an electronic signature is a digital signature. A digital signature is created using public key cryptography to authenticate a document or message. Signature Stamps Signature stamps can be used by facilities if allowed by state and federal law. When signature stamps are used the provider whose signature the stamp represents must sign a statement that she or he alone will use the stamp to authenticate documents. The statement is kept on file in healthcare organization’s permanent files. Abbreviations Used in the Patient Record Every health care facility should establish a policy as to which abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols can be documented in the patient record. The facility should maintain an official abbreviation list , which includes medical staff–approved abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols (and their meanings) that can be documented in patient records. Figure 4–7 provides an example of an excerpt from an abbreviation list. When more than one meaning exists for an abbreviation, acronym, or symbol, the facility should prohibit its use. Timeliness of Patient Record Entries Entries in the patient record should be documented as soon as possible after care is provided so as to increase accuracy of information recorded. Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Hospitals that require a complete physical examination to be performed no more than seven days prior to admission or within 24 hours after admission. The CoP stipulates that the report of physical examination must be placed in the patient record within 48 hours after admission. The Joint Commission requires the history and physical examination to be documented in the patient record within 24 hours of inpatient admission. The Joint Commission requires patient records to be completed 30 days after the patient is discharged, at which time they become delinquent records. Amending the Patient Record Occasionally, it is necessary to correct the documentation in the health record. This is called amending the patient record. The author of the original entry is only person authorized to correct an entry. The correct procedure for amending an entry in a manual patient record is: 1. Draw a single line through the incorrect information, making sure that the original entry remains legible. 2. Date, specify time, and sign the corrected entry. 3. Indicate a reason for the error in a location as close to the original documentation as possible Electronic health record systems should store both the original and corrected entry as well as a record of who documented each entry. The date, time, and authentication of the person making the correction should be preserved as well as the purpose for the change. Most electronic health record systems will generate a list of all changes made to the health record in the form of an audit trail. The audit trail also contains the date, time, and user who performed the transaction. Patient Record Formats Many organizations still maintain paper health records. Formats for maintaining paper health records include source oriented record (SOR), problem oriented record (POR), and integrated record. Source oriented record (SOR) maintains reports according to source of information. Lawrence Weed created the problem oriented medical record (POMR), now called the problem oriented record (POR), in the 1960s to improve organization of the health record. The problem oriented record (POR) consists of four components. Those components are the database, the problem list, the initial plan and progress notes. The database contains a minimum set of data to be collected on every patient, such as chief complaint; present conditions and diagnoses; social data; past, personal, medical, and social history; review of systems; physical examination; and baseline laboratory data. The problem list is filed at the beginning of the record and contains a list of the patient's problems. The initial plan is the strategy for management of the patient's care. In a POR, each patient is assigned one or more problems and notes are documented for each problem using the SOAP structure: Subjective (S) —patient's statement about how she feels, including symptomatic information (e.g., headache) Objective (O) —observations about the patient, such as physical findings or lab or X-ray results (e.g., chest Xray negative) Assessment (A) —judgment, opinion, or evaluation made by the health care provider (e.g., acute migraine) Plan (P) —diagnostic, therapeutic, and educational plans to resolve the problems (e.g., patient to take Tylenol as needed for pain) Within an integrated record reports are arranged in strict chronological order. This format allows for observation of how the patient is progressing throughout the continuum of care. It is easy to use, all information on an episode of care is filed together and it is less time-consuming to file reports. References Skurka, M. A. (Ed.). (2017). Health information management: principles and organization for health information services. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons. LaTour, K. (2013). Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA. McWay, D. (2014). Today's health information management: An integrated approach (2 ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar/Cengage Learning. Sayles, N. (n.d.). Health information management technology: An applied approach (4th ed.). nd Chicago, IL: AHIMA. • Required Week 4 Reading and Resources Lesson Introduction Health care providers are required to maintain a record for each patient who receives health care services. The content of the record is prescribed by The Joint Commission (if accredited), federal and state laws and regulations (e.g., Medicare Conditions of Participation). The health information profession is changing from a paper environment to a virtual electronic world. Health information professionals have inimitable patient information management skills that will assist healthcare organizations in making the transition to electronic health record (EHR). Issues Impacting the Electronic Legal Health Record In order to respond to various requests for an entire patient record, healthcare organizations need to clearly define their legal record. In a hybrid (transitioning system) part of the record will be retrieved manually while the remaining part will be housed in the automated system. It is vital that all aspects of the record irrespective of the media used to store the record, paper or electronic, be addressed in the organization’s policy. An additional issue that should be addressed in facility policy is document completion and the time period in which documents can be altered before they are final saved as part of the legal record. Healthcare organizations should establish guidelines that address the management of different versions of electronic documentation. After a document is final saved, the document must not be changed. If the document needs to be altered after it has been final saved, the correction needs to follow the procedure for record correction, late entry, or amendment. Another issue that must be well-thought-out when moving to electronic health records is how the record will look when it is printed from its electronic format. A principal challenge facing HIM professionals today is how to print the entire electronic record when needed. HIM and information technology (IT) professionals need to work cooperatively to produce a hard copy of the electronic record. Administrative and Clinical Electronic Health Record Applications There are two major components of the system in all electronic health record applications: administrative and clinical. Administrative applications contain patient scheduling, admission/registration, business/financial functions, and other management applications. Clinical applications include the collection, storage, and display of clinical information. One of the fundamental applications found in all systems is the collection of patient demographic and insurance information. Data collected during the patient registration process is entered into screens that are part of a registrationadmission-discharge-transfer system (RADT). The function forms a centralized database of patient demographic information and has replaced the paper master patient index in the virtual world. Electronic health record applications include patient monitoring system, pharmacy applications, laboratory applications, and radiology applications. A patient monitoring system includes systems that collect and monitor patient physiological data and record the information. Pharmacy applications automate numerous aspects of the processing of patient medications. Pharmacy applications include order entry, identification of drug interactions, pharmacist review, medical label printing, and pharmacy administrative reports such as inventory control and drug usage. Laboratory applications automate laboratory functions such as the ordering of tests, the reporting of test results, and report generation. Radiology applications include the ordering of tests, the creation of radiological images, and reporting of test results. Clinical applications include the development of nursing intake assessments, documentation of nursing care, ongoing assessments of patients, medication administrative records, and various other charting functions. Numerous administrative nursing activities are also embedded in electronic nursing applications. They include reports on late dosing of medications, infection rates, nursing response times, assessments on the quality of nursing services, and personnel resource management. General Documentation Issues Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) require each hospital to create a medical record service that has administrative responsibility for medical records, and the hospital must keep a medical record for each inpatient and outpatient. The Joint Commission standards require that the health record contain patient-specific information appropriate to the care, treatment, and services provided. Health records must be precisely written, punctually completed, properly filed, suitably retained, and accessible. The hospital is required to use a system of author identification and record maintenance that guarantees the integrity of the authentication and protects the security of all record entries. The health record must contain evidence to justify admission and continued hospitalization, support the diagnosis, and describe the patient's progress and response to medications and services. All entries must be legible and complete, and must be authenticated and dated promptly by the person who is liable for ordering, providing, or appraising the service furnished. Medical records must be maintained for 5 years, and the hospital must have a system of coding and indexing medical records to permit timely retrieval by diagnosis and procedure to support medical care evaluation studies. The hospital must have a system for guaranteeing the confidentiality of patient records. Information from health records may be released only to authorized individuals, and the hospital must ensure that unauthorized individuals cannot gain access to or alter patient records. court orders, or subpoenas. Hospital Inpatient Record—Administrative Data Administrative data includes demographic, socioeconomic, and financial information, which is gathered upon admission of the patient to the establishment and documented on the inpatient face sheet (or admission/discharge record). Some facilities gather this information prior to admission through a telephone interview. The face sheet, advance directive, and the informed consent are examples of reports representing administrative data. Face Sheet The Joint Commission criteria do not explicitly require a face sheet, but it does require that all medical records contain identification data. It also requires completion of the medical record within 30 days after the patient’s discharge. Medicare CoP requires a final diagnosis with completion of medical records within 30 days after patient’s discharge. The face sheet is frequently filed as the first page of the health record because it is habitually referenced. Weather the paper-based or computer-generated, the face sheet (or admission/discharge record) contain patient identification or demographic, financial data, and clinical information. Upon admission to the facility, the attending physician makes an admitting diagnosis that is entered on the face sheet by the admitting department staff. The admitting diagnosis (or provisional diagnosis) is the disease or condition for which the patient is seeking healthcare. The admitting diagnosis is frequently not the patient's final diagnosis, which is made after testing and evaluation and documented by the attending physician upon discharge of the patient from the facility. It is important to note that financial data is collected from the patient upon admission and submitted to third-party payers for reimbursement purposes.Medicare and Medicaid programs are required to collect the items in the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). It consists of the following items: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Personal Identification/Unique Identifier Date of Birth Gender Race and Ethnicity Residence Health Care Facility Identification Number Admission Date and Type of Admission Discharge Date Attending Physician Identification Surgeon Identification Principal Diagnosis Other Diagnoses Principal Procedure and Dates Other Procedures and Dates Disposition of Patient at Discharge Expected Payer for Most of This Bill Total Charges Advance Directives The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) of 1990 required that all health care facilities notify patients age 18 and over that they have the right to have an advance directive such as health care proxy, living will, medical power of attorney, placed in their record. Healthcare organizations must inform patients, in writing, of state laws regarding advance directives and facility policies regarding implementation of advance directives. Upon admission, an advance directive notification form is signed by the patient to document that the patient has been notified of his or her right to have an advance directive. The patient record must document whether the individual has executed an advance directive, which is a legal document in which patients provide instructions as to how they want to be treated in the event they become very ill and there is no reasonable hope for recovery. The written instructions direct a health care provider regarding a patient's preferences for care before the need for medical treatment. Informed Consent The Joint Commission standards require that a patient consent to treatment and that the record contain evidence of consent. The Joint Commission states evidence of appropriate informed consent is to be documented in the patient record. The facility's medical staff and governing board are required to develop policies with regard to informed consent. In addition, the patient record must contain "evidence of informed consent for procedures and treatments for which it is required by the policy on informed consent." Medicare CoP state that all records must contain written patient consent for treatment and procedures specified by the medical staff, or by federal or state law. In addition, patient records must include documentation of "properly executed informed consent forms for procedures and treatments specified by the medical staff, or by federal or state law if applicable, to require written patient consent." Informed consent is the process of advising a patient about treatment options and, depending on state laws, the provider may be obligated to disclose a patient's diagnosis, proposed treatment/surgery, reason for the treatment/surgery, possible complications, likelihood of success, alternative treatment options, and risks if the patient does not undergo treatment/surgery. Informed consent should be carefully documented whenever applicable. An informed consent entry should include an explanation of the risks and benefits of a treatment or procedure, alternatives to the treatment or procedure, and evidence that the patient or appropriate legal surrogate understands and consents to undergo the treatment or procedure. Consent to Admission Upon admission the patient may be asked to sign a consent to admission form, which is a generalized consent that documents a patient's consent to receive medical treatment at the facility. Patient authorization to release information for reimbursement is regularly obtained as part of the consent to admission. Releases of information for other purposes require the patient's authorized consent to release information. It is important to note, the HIPAA privacy rule specifies that facilities are no longer required to consent to release information for the purpose of reimbursement, research, and education, but most still obtain the patient's signed consent. Special Consents Health care facilities require separate consents, such as a consent to surgery, and consents for diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical procedures. Prior to the patient undergoing medical or surgical treatment, it is required that written consent be obtained from the patient or representative, which indicates that the patient acknowledges informed consent as to the nature of treatment, risks, complications, alternative forms of treatment available, and the consequences of the treatment or procedure. The surgeon (or other provider, such as radiologist) will discuss the procedure to be performed with the patient. Patients sign special consents, which include the following elements: o o o Patient identification Proposed care, treatment, and services Potential benefits, risks, and side effects, including likelihood of patient achieving goals, and any potential problems that might occur during recuperation Discharge Summary The Joint Commission standards require that the discharge summary be completed by the attending physician to facilitate continuity of care. A final progress note can be documented instead of a discharge summary if a patient is treated for minor problems or interventions, as defined by the medical staff (short stay). When a patient is transferred to a different level of care within the same hospital, the discharge summary is called a transfer summary, which can be documented in the progress notes if the same practitioner continues to provide care. The Joint Commission also requires that "the use of approved discharge criteria to determine the patient's readiness for discharge" (e.g., decreased dependency on oxygen, discharge planning, transition of patient from intravenous to oral medications, and so on) be documented in the record. Medicare CoP state that all records must document a discharge summary which includes the outcome of hospitalization, disposition of the case, and follow-up provisions. History and Physical Examination The Joint Commission standards and Medicare CoP state the history and physical examination must be performed and documented in the patient record within 24 hours after admission (including weekends and holidays) or if a history and physical examination (H&PE) was completed within 30 days prior to admission and reviewed and updated, it can be placed on the record within 24 hours after admission. This means the patient must either have undergone no changes subsequent to the original examination or the changes must be documented upon admission. When the history and physical cannot be placed on the record within the required time frame due to a transcription delay, the physician can document a handwritten note containing pertinent findings, (e.g., enough information to manage and guide patient care). Physician Orders The Joint Commission standards require medical records to contain diagnostic and therapeutic orders and verbal orders (e.g., telephone orders) to be authenticated by the responsible physician within a time frame specified by the facility (based on state laws, if applicable). In 2004, The Joint Commission added a standard that each medication ordered be supported by a documented diagnosis, condition, or indication-for-use. Facilities may require physicians to document either the indication for usage, such as a diagnosis, for each medication ordered. This standard also serves to facilitate patient safety because it is less likely that a medication will be misinterpreted as written. Progress Notes Progress notes contain statements related to the course of the patient's illness, response to treatment, and status at discharge. They also facilitate health care team members' communication because progress notes provide a chronological picture and analysis of the patient's clinical course—they document continuity of care, which is crucial to quality care. As a minimum, progress notes should include an admission note, follow-up notes, and a discharge note; the frequency of documenting progress notes is based on the patient's condition (e.g., once per day to three or more times per day). Progress notes are usually organized in the record according to discipline (e.g., each discipline, such as physical therapy, has its own section of progress notes). Operative Record The Joint Commission standards require the surgeon to document the following prior to performing surgery: history, physical examination, laboratory and X-ray examinations, and preoperative diagnosis—authentication is the responsibility of the individual caring for the patient. All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are to be documented in the patient record. According to The Joint Commission, an operative or other high-risk procedure report is to be written or dictated upon completion of the operative or other high-risk procedure and before the patient is transferred to the next level of care. If the practitioner performing the operation or high-risk procedure accompanies the patient from the operating room to the next unit or area of care, the report can be written or dictated in the new unit or area of care. When a full operative or other high-risk procedure report cannot be entered immediately into the patient's medical record after the operation or procedure, a progress note is to be written in the patient record before the patient is transferred to the next level of care. The full report is written or dictated within a time frame established by the hospital. The progress note must include the name of the primary surgeon, assistant surgeon(s), procedure performed, description of operative findings, estimated blood loss, specimens removed and postoperative diagnosis. Medicare CoP require a complete H&PE to be documented in the patient's record prior to surgery—if the report is not available in the patient's record, the responsible physician must document a statement to that effect along with a complete admission note. References Green, M., & Bowie, M. (2011). Essentials of health information management: Principles and practices (2nd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning. LaTour, K. (2013). Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA. McWay, D. (2014). Today's health information management: An integrated approach (2nd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar/Cengage Learning. Sayles, N. (n.d.). Health information management technology: An applied approach (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA.
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