The US are catching up.
Rick
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Date sent: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:53:48 -0400
From: "Peter Waegemann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: New Report on Information Capture and Report Generation
Dear Colleague:
The Consensus Workgroup on Information Capture and Report
Generation
has released its Report with 12 recommendations.
This document, Healthcare Documentation: A Report on Information
Capture and Report Generation, describes healthcare
documentation
practices and their effects on the healthcare system. It also
presents
a set of "Essential Principles of Healthcare Documentation" to
enhance
quality of care, reduce medical errors, and diminish documentation
costs. The Report was developed by the Consensus Workgroup on
Health
Information Capture and Report Generation, a diverse, voluntary group
of physicians, nurses, health information managers, medical
transcriptionists, healthcare documentation-related vendors, and
health informatics specialists, as well as representatives from
government, regulatory, standards development, and professional
organizations. During development, the draft document was circulated
repeatedly to 93 persons, of whom 41 contributed directly as authors
and participants (see Appendix 1); many of the remainder provided
informal comments. Input from the e-Health Committee ! of
the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has
also been incorporated into the Report.
Click on <http://www.medrecinst.com/media/index.shtml#infoCap> for the
Executive Summary and access to the full report.
Peter Waegemann and Claudia Tessier
Co-Chairs
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Dr Rick Jones
Director of Chemical Pathology and Immunology
Pathology Directorate
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Tel:(44)-113-233-5677
Fax:(44)-113-233-5672
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