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Real-Time Clinical Reminder System Improves Performance on Quality Measures

Description

This form can be used as a model for clinicians to establish a reminder system to improve quality measures and goals.

Patient visits can be guided by this customizable patient encounter form that is designed to incorporate a practice’s quality goals and measures. It can be printed automatically at patient arrival, manually on demand, or completed using a real-time Web interface.

In addition to documenting services due, diagnoses and problems, and actions taken, the system captures elements that do not appear in billing or administrative data such as patient lifestyle characteristics, clinical results such as blood pressure, non-billable diagnoses such as obesity, and non-billable treatments such as recommending aspirin for heart disease patients. These elements may be important for quality improvement documentation requirements.

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/clinfotracker/files/JaneDoe_PEF.jpg

Developer

University of Michigan, Department of Family Medicine

Funding Sources

University of Michigan, Department of Family Medicine

QualityTool Topic

Quality improvement strategies

History

Release Date: 11/2005
Original Summary: 04/2009

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QualityTool Classification

Stage of Care:

Primary care

Setting of Care:

Physician office

Patient Care Process:

Assessment

Chronic-disease management

Primary care

IOM Domains of Quality:

Effectiveness

Efficiency