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Challenged by increasingly stringent documentation requirements, many emergency departments are turning to template charting systems as a way to cut documentation time, eliminate transcript costs, and ensure accurate coding.
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Unsatisfied with the quality and the cost of the template charting system they were using, emergency department personnel at the Medical College of Georgia and Childrens Medical Center in Augusta went their own way, creating a limited number of broad-based templates.
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Using the balanced scorecard concept, the multidisciplinary Emergency Services Performance Improvement Team at WakeMed health system in Raleigh, NC, was able to standardize the way data were collected and presented.
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While few hospitals have yet extended their case management system into the emergency department, some have discovered the value of ED
case managers in ensuring accurate documentation and coding.
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The emergency department generates a large percentage of outpatient revenues and also has complex coding and billing guidelines for facility fees. Numerous ancillary services frequently are provided during the ED visit.
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Synopsis: Sirolimus-eluting stents markedly reduce in-stent restenosis and clinical events over 1 year in patients with restenosis in conventional stents.
