How to work with physicians to improve data quality and funding
Physicians learn many things during their years of training. Unfortunately for the people who work in hospital Health Records and Decision Support departments, clinical documentation is generally not one of them. HIGH QUALITY PHYSICIAN DOCUMENTATION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER Since the launch of Health System Funding Reform (HSFR) in 2012, up to 70% of a hospital’s annual funding is based on their performance relative to other hospitals in Ontario. Efficiency is measured in terms of cost per weighted case, with the denominator directly coming from the output of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals coding and abstracting from physician documentation of discharged …
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