title: Charting by exception.
abstract: Documentation takes up a significant portion of a home care nurse's daily workload. As cost containment measures reduce the amount of time nurses can spend with each patient, they need to find ways to make documentation more efficient to avoid compromising patient care. One agency found that charting by exception reduces documentation time so that nurses can devote more hours to hands-on care.
authors.affiliation: Bellin Home Care, Green Bay, WI, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006792:House Calls; D007256:Information Systems; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D014922:Wisconsin