title: Winning performance improvement strategies--linking documentation and accounts receivable.
abstract: When the HIM department at The University of Texas Medical Branch set out to improve documentation and accounts receivable management, it established a plan that encompassed a broad spectrum of data management process changes. The department examined and acknowledged the deficiencies in data management processes and used performance improvement tools to achieve successful results.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals and Clinics, Galveston, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Braden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swadley
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D004282:Documentation; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D013781:Texas