PPV: One hospital monitors its H&Ps to set benchmarks, significantly reduce the delinquency rate
HIM Connection, February 5, 2008
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Many hospitals will admit that obtaining timely history and physicals (H&P) is no easy task. But not many hospitals can boast a mere 0.9% H&P delinquency rate. Brownwood (TX) Regional Medical Center, a 195-bed facility, is one exception.
Despite stringent CMS and Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) guidelines that require providers to document an H&P within 24 hours of admission, Brownwood has been able to educate its physicians and accomplish this enviable goal.
Editor's note: For more information on how Brownwood reduced its delinquency rate, click here. Subscribers to Medical Records Briefing can read the full article in the February 2007 issue. You can also purchase this article for $10 by clicking on the link above.
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