Managing the medical record on a concurrent basis: facts and possibilities. Part 2.
In 1987, six Yale graduate students set out to study the concurrent review methods used in key hospitals across the US. They examined the advantages and disadvantages of concurrent review and the tie-in of medical record concurrent review coding with utilization review activities. The first part of their report appeared in the May issue of JAMRA. The second part appears below.
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D003211:Concurrent Review / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004282:Documentation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000379:methods*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010819:Physician's Role; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration*