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W H Hammett

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PubMed1985

Quality assurance in the emergency department.

A coordinated approach to quality assurance is essential for managing the complexities of health care in the emergency department. Nearly every activity in the emergency care setting has implications that fall under the quality assurance umbrella. A comprehensive quality assurance program for the emergency department at Michael Reese Hospital was built through a process of defining, further developing, and coordinating existing quality assurance activities. Several new activities were developed to fill identified gaps. The program follows traditional quality assurance concepts for monitoring structure, process, and outcome elements of emergency care. Key principles that are the foundation of the program include active participation by all staff levels (clinical and nonclinical), standardized documentation, and specifically defined review mechanisms.

Emergency Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1976

Format review: evaluating implementation of the problem-oriented medical record.

As interest in the problem-oriented medical record (POMR) develops, and more medical settings begin to implement the system, many observers are expressing a desire to know how well the system is being used and accepted. Moreover, settings currently using the POMR system have a need to document the effectiveness of their POMR program as a means of insuring continued progress and for addressing difficulties and obstacles affecting its use. Format review is a technique for reviewing patient records and describing patterns of POMR use. Patient records of an institution are reviewed concurrent to the patient's contact with the institution. Data collected from each record is summarized to provide an overview on patterns of POMR use and to identify areas of difficulty. These findings can serve as the basis for educational and administrative intervention to improve use of POMR. The format review technique is explained and examples of its application are given. The technique has been used at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center over the past two years, and has proven to be a useful tool in describing the implementation progress of POMR.

Chicago↗
PubMed1975

Teaching problem-oriented recording: a systematic approach.

Medical students and practitioners usually learn how to use problem-oriented medical records (POMR) by haphazard means. In attempting to put system into the teaching of POMR, the authors devised teaching case material and two instructional formats: self-instruction and workshop. The results of a controlled study with second-year medical students to determine the relative effectiveness of instructional formats and case materials are presented. At the end of instruction POMR performance was measured by assessing the student's ability to convert a case to POMR format. The results suggest that all student groups attained an acceptable performance level no matter which format they experienced.

Education, Medical, Undergraduate↗