Documentation. A focus for cost savings.
Documentation typically is an area that can be streamlined, thereby saving nursing time and money. The authors' nursing division created a combination intervention record and nursing progress notes form for a 24-hour period. The results yielded a savings of 90 minutes of RN time in a 24-hours period, a 36% reduction in charting time, and an annual cost savings of $437,000.
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Medical Cardiology Unit, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009736:Nursing Process; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D013997:Time Factors