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Ken,
Please post any responses to this. Our nursing staff has brought up
the same issue and are hoping to only capture information legally
required or necessary for their care, rather than the full assessments.
Unfortuantely, we haven't been able to get much information regarding
what is required by law and what might be necessary for care (case by
case, so technicaly we might need the information we're collecting as
is).
Only information we have gained from nursing staff is that they started
doing full assessments a few years ago IN CASE the patient was admitted
as an inpatient so they would not have to do the assessment paperwork
twice. Our largest group of patients like these are blood transfusions
and they are usually here for a very short time, but the full assessment
is completed on every visit, even though they are considered
outpatients.
Please let us know if you find out anything helpful.
Thank you!
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:08:00 -0500
From: "Brian Golden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Admission assessments for short stay
recurring patients
To: "Stigen Kenneth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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We have the same adm hlth hx for outpatients as inpatients.
Brian
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On our Med/Surg unit we are getting short stay patients(minutes to
<23hrs)for blood transfusions, dressing changes etc, when Ambulatory
is
full or during off hours. Our nurses currently do a full admission
history and assessment on these patients, which takes a bit of time.
Is
this necessary? What are others doing? Any special forms you use to
update/shorten the process?
Thanks,
Ken
Lea Goodwin
Programmer Analyst, Information Systems
Lane Regional Medical Center
(225) 658-4410 Office
(225) 658-4356 Fax
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