Study to Determine the Level of Compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations' Standard Requiring the Use of a Medical Summary List in Outpatient Medical Records at Dewitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virgini

摘要

The purpose of this study were threefold. The first of these was to determine DeWitt's current position relative to the goal of 90% compliance with the JCAHO standard concerning the use of the medical summary list. The second, was to determine how much can be accomplished toward achieving this goal in one year if the only action taken was to ensure that the forms are completed each time a patient presents for care. The third purpose of the study was to provide recommendations to the DCA regarding suitable means to achieve the goal, if indeed it had not already been met. Keywords: Hospital administration; Health care forms; Outpatients; Joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations (JCAHO); Deputy Commander for administration (DCA); Master Problem list (MPL). (KT)