September 25, 2016 To: Daniel Smith, Health Care Administrator Cc: Leslie Jones, Director of Nurses From: Kimberly Scott, LPN Subject: Minimum Data Set National Conference and Training Session. I am writing to request approval to attend the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 national conference and training session, taking place March 13-16, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. The conference will feature many industry guest speakers, a motivational speaker, workshops and motivational talks that will greatly benefit my work on a daily basis. Networking with the conference trade show vendors and the motivational speakers will prove to be invaluable for me. I plan to visit these 3 key vendors at the conference: 1. Speakers and hands on workshops for the …show more content…
The conference will feature speakers from all aspects of MDS continuity. This conference will include instructor led hands on workshops, classes and lectures. It will also have specific classes that will explain the Five Star Reports that are so vital to our organization. One area of focus at this conference will be the new section GG of the MDS. The focus will be on difficult to understand items, and specifically how to code difficult items in the set. Also, the complicated to understand admission and discharge coding for this new MDS section will be thoroughly explained. Section GG focuses on coding clarifications and new scenarios to help bring key points in focus. Attending the national MDS conference and training session will help me perform my job more effectively and efficiently and reach key learning objectives. The conference delivers content that will teach me how to input information into the MDS without errors, and if there is an error how to fix the error in a timely and proficient manner. The knowledge and skills that I will acquire will be immediately applicable to my current job and skill
The following inputs are critical to our program logic model: financial resources, planning processes, materials, equipment, staff, patients and their families, space, and research and best practices.
As a certified medical coder (CCA 11/2012), I have contributed to the HIMS department by helping code inpatient encounters from patients in the Residential Rehab Unit as well as outpatient encounters from the other clinics at this VA applying the official coding conventions outlined in the International Classification of Diseases 9th revision handbook as well as in the VHA’s Official Coding Guidelines, V11.0 dated August 10, 2011. Having coded many encounters over the past 3 years, I can easily determine the main condition after study that is chiefly responsible for a patient’s admission to the hospital. ICD-9-CM defines this as the primary diagnosis code and I find that it is most important to list this code first in your documentation
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To be considered meaningful users of the EMR, the qualified applicant must use clinical content that is consistent and standardized across systems and healthcare settings, use decision support tools such as alerts and reminders, have the ability to collect and store raw data from documentation that can be used for reporting purposes, collect and report data to the state. Reporting of data will help to improve public health and awareness and provide sharing of information between systems (Tripathi,
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Learning Experience Journal Entry – Director of Health Information Management and the Supervisor of Medical Records Coder
this will cause healthcare providers with the training and education needed for clinical documentation improvements to be installed effectively. It is important that having a specialized team who can create solutions towards Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in order to minimize the failures that may occur. In this case, investing in training for the materials/tools necessary for healthcare providers to excel in their work with CDI. Essentially, Clinical Documentation is used throughout the healthcare system for the analysis of care, communication, and medical records. This is important because the information of medical records that healthcare providers are able to access, will help patients track their health conditions. Thus, clinical documentation improvement has a direct impact on patients by providing quality information. On the other hand, the new technological advancements will also be able to address the efficiencies in health care system that differ from paper-based charting. Improving on the quality of information will also have the effect upon the ethical and effectiveness of care that is being provided. This has a significant impact in order to maintain patient care that ensures the documentation is accurate, timely, and reflect within the services provided. Documentation assessments can be utilized so there can be improvements on the education for healthcare providers as they intend implementation standards take effect immediately. In this case, failures must be analyzed so that they will have the ability to comprehend and determine an organization’s strengths and weaknesses
The new electronic ASF note has reduced the documentation time 40% in the unit. There will always be room to grow and further develop this documentation tool. For now this tool will continue to be used within the VA’s ASF with the hopes of increasing the amount of time spent on direct patient care. The introduction of this new electronic note assists in the VA’s mission of delivering optimal patient care to America’s heroes.
This will ensure there is provision of education on medicines and their side effects hence fostering patient compliance. I will also set achievable goals by attending seminars and training workshops covering a range of topics concerning healthcare provision to patients.
...s in the health industry. It is set to change the way doctors and patient’s access information as it will make information more available in a clear and efficient way.
My overall vision is to develop and promote information technology solutions to better improve health outcomes, patient safety, and prevention of medical errors in underserved countries. In closing, Health informatics and Health Information Management is an exciting program that is designed to provide me with a suite of resources to help me develop essential leadership, teamwork, and healthcare management skills that will help me to become successful leader in healthcare
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“Man is an animal that lives in language as a fish lives in water and so written communication is just one of the ways that man can survive through” (English scholar Annie Dillard). Writing is a skill to give information. Like all skills, it is not inborn and so it needs to be learnt. To give information you need good communication skills including the ability to write simply, clearly and concisely (Harris & Cunningham, 1996).