Quality Of Medical Documentation Research Articles

Quality balanced scorecard for the outpatient clinic

The quality audit system for healthcare in various countries is based on the quality of medical services, the satisfaction of the patient and his relatives, as well as the quality of medical documentation. At the same time, quality indicators of healthcare facilities include criteria of the social and economic efficiency. Often these groups of indicators are considered by researchers separately from each other, and the literature available does not show balanced approaches to combining indicators from different groups within one process, which served as the basis for this work.Aim. The article is devoted to identifying the specifics of quality balanced scorecard for outpatient clinic using the example of the results of preventive examination for children in the first year of life.Material and methods. The study of quality indicators of the outpatient clinic was carried out from 2019 to 2023. The base of the study was the Clinical Consultative and Diagnostic Clinic № 27 in Novosibirsk. The study of the Clinic development was carried out from 2012 to 2023. The work used data from a social and expert survey of managers (20122018), as well as comparative modeling, general logical methods and techniques.Results. The longest multi-level and complex medical service is the process of preventive examination of children in the first year of life. Therefore, using his example, a quality balanced scorecard for the outpatient clinic was developed. At the first stage, medical quality criteria were determined. Patients were interviewed and quality criteria important for the patients' parents were determined. The complexity, multi-stage nature and short time frame for providing medical services determined the criteria for the economic efficiency. At the second stage, criteria for the management effectiveness and criteria for quality monitoring were developed, which allow department heads to track key performance indicators, as well as build coordinated work between various departments. At the third stage, the quality criteria were developed, which, on the one hand, reflect the clinic work, and, on the other hand, are not redundant and can be used to assess the effectiveness of the organization as a whole.Conclusion. The study showed that to increase the sustainability of the clinic development, effective monitoring based on key performance indicators is necessary. The classical approach to determining the effectiveness of medical facilities is based on general performance indicators to the quality criteria of individual processes, which does not allow identifying violations in individual medical and auxiliary processes, and, accordingly, does not allow identifying ways to solve them. It also does not indicate the level of violation. The use of a process and system approach in developing quality criteria allows developing a quality balanced scorecard with respect to the criteria of various groups, which ultimately reflects the effectiveness of processes as a whole, provides an understanding of cause-and-effect relationships and identifies the root cause of destabilization.

Assessment of Oncology Medical Records as per NABH Standards

Background: A complete, accurate, adequate and timely medical documentation helps in reducing medical errors and serves as important medical–legal evidence. Objective: To evaluate Oncology Medical Records based on the National Accreditation Board of Hospitals Information Management System (NABH.IMS) and Patient Rights and Education (NABH.PRE) standards. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted to assess the policies and procedures in relation to medical documentation against NABH.IMS 1–7 standards and NABH.PRE-3 Standards. A total of 520 discharged inpatient records were analyzed to understand the quality of medical documentation in practice. Results: The existing policies and procedures were found to be compliant with NABH.IMS and NABH.PRE standards. The analysis of medical records showed maximum compliance in Nurse’s records, Doctor’s order forms, Anaesthesia reports of Breast and Head & Neck Cancer and Radiotherapy Charts in Cervical Cancer. Conclusion: Overall documentation was found to be satisfactory as per the standards set by NABH. The study results revealed that the attention to compulsorily document patient clinical data in the respective forms of the medical records will enhance the completeness and accuracy of medical documentation of the hospital.

Comparison of quality of medical documentation for findings related to sexual assault prior and post the development of a sexual assault forensic examination program

Comparison of quality of medical documentation for findings related to sexual assault prior and post the development of a sexual assault forensic examination program