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An 8 page paper assessing the information flows becoming possible with one skilled nursing facility’s (SNF) attention to automating much of the information needed for patient records, managed care negotiations and Medicare. Five full-size, color diagrams illustrate the SNF’s information types, flows and uses. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KShlthCarInfoMap.rtf
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on all fronts, there appear to be few if any clear "winners" in the managed care - provider conflicts that continue to escalate over time. Though technological abilities increase,
bottom-line quality typically does not. Porter and Teisberg (2004) attribute this to several skewed views of competition in health care. All players focus on reducing costs, which is
the wrong objective. The objective should be to improve quality and to find better delivery methods than currently exist, each of which will contribute to reducing total costs.
The most efficient and most accurate route to achieving these ends is effective, useful information. We live in the "information age," but all
too often the information available is not directly useful for long-term use, improving quality or establishing effective strategy. Szatala (2000) describes a common-sense approach to compiling and using the
information created by daily operations at a skilled nursing facility (SNF). The purpose here is to examine identified information flows. Table 1. Useful Information Destinations Facility
Managed Care Organizations Medicare Regulatory Agencies Accrediting Bodies Clinical information system and MDS C N C F F Quality Indicators C F F F N Resident Profiles? N N N
N F Resident Costs N N N - - C = Critical N = Needed (may or may not be necessary on its own) F = Facilitating information ?Includes "admission,
discharge, transfer, preadmission and clinical outcomes" (Szatala, 2000). Clinical Information System The clinical information system provides a wealth of possibilities for building useful
and effective information that can benefit the patient, the facility and external bodies with which the SNF deals. The following is a list of characteristics and benefits of an
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