title: Concurrent coding provides more accurate data for outcomes and performance reports.
abstract: Preventing GIGO with concurrent, accurate coding. With so much riding on the accuracy of claims data, including outcomes and performance ratings, more should be done to improve the process of gathering this all-important information. That's the case at the University of Washington Medical Center, where coders actually work on the patient care floors, coding concurrently, interacting with physicians, and actually observing patients' treatment. Here's how the program works.
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000145:classification; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000145:classification; D014600:Utilization Review; D014861:Washington; D000078329:Workforce