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Patient check-in is the process where patients begin their registration with the healthcare facility topically using a clipboard, electronic tablet, touch screen, kiosk, or by other method, sometimes self-service. Patient check-in start as far back as the Roman times when patients would wait for special services in purpose-built hospitals.
The goal of intake and registration automation is to make registering with a provider by a patient easier and smoother. Patient intake and registration are processes whereby patient demographics, health history, legal consents, and payment means are collected so the patient can be “registered” with a healthcare provider.
The nursing care plan (NCP) is a clinical document recording the nursing process, which is a systematic method of planning and providing care to clients. [6] It was originally developed in hospitals to guide nursing students or junior nurses in providing care to client; however, the format was task-oriened rather than nursing-process-based. [8]
Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient.
The four components of a SOAP note are Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. [1] [2] [8] The length and focus of each component of a SOAP note vary depending on the specialty; for instance, a surgical SOAP note is likely to be much briefer than a medical SOAP note, and will focus on issues that relate to post-surgical status.
Phreesia, Inc. is a software as a service company that offers healthcare organizations a set of applications to automate and manage patient intake. Information [ edit ]
Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...
A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution, or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors.Common functions of patient safety organizations are data collection, analysis, reporting, education, funding, and advocacy.