Therapy evaluation protocol as a management technique.
Two major issues that respiratory care managers must deal with are overutilization of services and cost containment. Using the therapy evaluation program detailed here, respiratory personnel assist the physicians in therapy assessment, communicate suggestions to them, and document the patient care plan on a concurrent patient care audit form.
D003211:Concurrent Review; D003363:Cost Control; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007087:Illinois; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States