Revamped nursing documentation increases patient care, improves Provision of Care
Accreditation Connection, April 11, 2008
When Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA, decided to cut nursing paperwork by 50% to increase nursing time at the bedside as well as accreditation survey results, it was an all-hands-on-deck approach.
“Even though our customer service scores were not down, we looked at clinical indicator surveys,” says Deborah Briese, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, who is in charge of Provision of Care chapters for the facility. “What we found was that it was the paperwork that was keeping us from patient care.”
In October 2007, medical-surgical leadership chartered a nursing documentation team to address the issue. Team membership included the director of medical-surgical nursing, a clinical manager, a clinical nurse specialist, a clinician, Briese, and three staff nurses.
Access the full story in the April issue of Briefings on The Joint Commission. Access is free for BOJ subscribers; nonsubscribers can purchase a copy of the story for $10 by clicking here.
Comments
0 comments on “Revamped nursing documentation increases patient care, improves Provision of Care ”
Related Products
-
Briefings on The Joint Commission
Briefings on The Joint Commission will help you with all of your accreditation and survey preparation needs. Every month...
-
The Joint Commission Mock Tracer Made Simple
This updated edition of our annual best-seller includes new tools and case studies of successful tracers from facilities...
-
Staffing Effectiveness Data:
You've spent an enormous amount of time, money, and effort collecting staffing effectiveness data - and you can still put it...
-
Simplifying Nursing Documentation
Implement a "two-form" solution that will cut nursing documentation in half while fully complying with Joint Commission...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Nurse posts picture of athlete/patient on Facebook
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Case Management Q&A
- News and briefs: AAMC's president calls residency expansion key to physician shortage problem
- Q/A: Payment for HCPCS code J2354
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Tip of the week: Expand M&M conferences into the program
- CMS issues IPPS proposed rule for FY 2013
- E-mailed
-
- CMS issues IPPS proposed rule for FY 2013
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Examine RAC audit of acute respiratory failure
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- Increase patient satisfaction by improving your discharge process
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- News and briefs: AAMC's president calls residency expansion key to physician shortage problem
- Nurse posts picture of athlete/patient on Facebook
- Tip of the week: Expand M&M conferences into the program
- Searched