title: Improved inpatient billing metrics by physician-directed billing software.
abstract: Billing may not be prominent on academic physicians' lists of priorities because of other demands and commitments for their time. The authors developed and examined the use of an electronic inpatient billing tool that also facilitated physician rounding responsibilities. The results show that use of an electronic tool was more acceptable to physicians than their original card system, and it significantly decreased charge-processing lag time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Beckett
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Spare
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kirkland
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000191:economics; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D012984:Software; D013781:Texas; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014941:Work Simplification