This article reviews information on coding options, documentation, and payment for both initial and follow-up visits in the nursing home setting. Specific information is provided for both the psychiatry as well as the Evaluation & Management (E&M) code series. Payments are compared for comparable services in order to provide the nursing home psychiatrist with an understanding of the options ava...

By-Walsh, Joan E.; Taylor, Cecelia Monat An Approach to the Teaching of Psychiatric Nursing in Diploma and Associate Degree Programs: A Method for Content Integration and Course Development in the Curriculum. National League for Nursing, New York, N.Y. Research and Development. Spons Agency-National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Bethesda, Md. Report No-NLN-19-1336 Pub Date 68 . Note-85p. Avail...

Visual cues help to improve the turnover process Third of 3 articles on applying Lean management to turnover time. C reating a " visual workplace " is a principle in Lean management. Visual cues have been one solution for improving turnover time at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. In a visual workplace, the goal is to make waste, problems, and abnormal conditions readily ap...

OBJECTIVE There is growing recognition that a more sophisticated information technology (IT) infrastructure is needed to improve the quality of nursing home care in the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of IT sophistication in nursing homes considering the level of technological diversity, maturity and level of integration in resident care, clinical support, an...

Documentation computer tools for nursing homes are uncommon, with few nursing homes having access to electronic systems. At St. Paul's Nursing Home an UCSD student engineering team created a web based solution for the nursing staff progress notes. The purpose was to develop innovative design processes so other groups can emulate similar processes. By collecting information from nurse notes and ...

explain of characteristics of a effectiveness clinical supervisor     nasiriani kh * [1] , vanaki z [2] , ahmadi f [3]     received: 23 oct , 2011 accepted: 11 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical supervision is one of the core activities in professional care and it is the main path of support and professional development in nursing. positive implications are considered for cl...