Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center provides urology, endoscopy, orthopedic, otolaryngology, and ophthalmology procedures. Physicians for each service are listed below. The Center has a documentation requirement that every patient’s health record must have an H&P prior to surgery. A data collection is being done to verify compliance with that requirement. Based on the information at the Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, complete the following:
1. Determine which data elements should be included in the data collection review.
2. Create a data collection checklist to be used in the chart review.
Urology – Dr. Westerly, Dr. Columbia
Endoscopy – Dr. Southcliffe, Dr. Harvard, Dr. Cornell, Dr. Penn
Ophthalmology – Dr. Easton, Dr. Northrop
Orthopedic – Dr. Yale, Dr. Princeton
Otolaryngology – Dr. Princeton
In June, Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center conducted a chart audit to determine compliance with the H&P on the chart prior to surgery requirement. The results are as follows:
A total of 1220 surgeries were performed in May:
640 endoscopies
160 urological procedures
240 ophthalmologic procedures
120 otolaryngology procedures
60 orthopedic procedures
100 total charts were reviewed:
Dr. Northrop 7 charts 6 with H&P 1 w/o H&P
Dr. Easton 22 22 with H&P
Dr. Westerly 33 30 with H&P 3 w/o H&P
Dr. Southcliffe 28 20 with H&P 8 w/o H&P
Dr. Penn 10 10 with H&P
Examine the results of the data collection and answer the following questions.
1. What deductions can be made about the data collection itself?
2. Propose a more meaningful data collection.
3. What deductions can be made regarding the results of the data collection? Create a graph to depict the data collection results?
4. Based only on the data collection above, create a graphic design which illustrates the missing H&Ps by service.