Documentation on track with protocols.
To make sure nurses and other disciplines teaching patients were following teaching standards (and to improve documentation), one hospital created teaching protocols for several top diagnoses. As a result, its documentation jumped from 58% to 92%. The hospital took the following steps to ensure the success of the protocols: Existing protocol committees wrote teaching protocols. Clinical educators conducted staff in-services. Guidelines for implementation were created.
D019090:Case Management; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008922:Mississippi; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*