Demographics in DQS
Posted By: Woo on 2005-08-24
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Do any of you have problems with bringing up info for the ADT screen? I was told that I could play detective and bring up lists of patients to find the right one but usually I just get the message that there is no one by that name in the records. It's hard to believe there is no one with the last name of Wendell or Harvey or Weinstein, for example. If the med rec number is wrong and you bring up the wrong name, that is the name you will continue to get no matter what names you try. I'm just curious about this. It isn't a huge problem since I just pass the buck.
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demographics- if you want to try a
different name, clear the whole demographic field (clear at bottom) and you can try whatever name you want, or just highlight the number and delete it
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Yes, and patient demographics.
I'm not going to compare myself to others, though. I've made a lot of progress, and that's all that counts. I've only been on this account for three months. Who's to say what I'll be able to do next year?
It's easy if all the demographics are
there. Some docs don't like it. One doc says, "this is not a very user-friendly system." You could hear the frustration in his voice. Another doc pulled out as a client...never to be heard of again. It's got its own Expander but not very reliable.
Usually the patient demographics is shaded
on the MT end because it is only used as a guide to make sure you have the correct patient demographics. But it should show up on the MTSO or client end in full. It seems a little strange that your MTSO doesn't know anything about it. Hopefully this isn't an employee of a national who is asking you to help out on his/her accounts and using his/her name or MT number.
I bet she doesn't have to deal with demographics, though, right?
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ExText - can it be set to not spellcheck demographics?
Every time I complete a report, spellchecker spellchecks the demographics section, which is not necessary. If you hit the wrong button, sometimes it will mess up the demographics on the report, although it doesn't tell you that you did anything wrong. Does anybody know if spellcheck can be set to only check the document and not the footer information?
Demographics/extra work
How many of you are being asked to do more demographic work and other extras in your job that do not apply to your line count? An email went out telling us that these areas "had to be filled in" because it caused too much work for the hospital if we didn't do it - but these demographics do not add to our line count - so I have a hard time understanding why we are to take 2-5 minutes in each report to do work that we are not paid for - for one report it doesn't seem like that much - but add it up to all that you do in a week - and well, that's a big pay decrease from where I stand. How many of you are dealing with this problem. It is probably not a new one - just new to me.
Good for her! In-house we used to get all the demographics--
Now I put in name, date dictated, time dictated, dictator ID#, billing #, copies (for which I- that is I, me, have to maintain the list and the #s), date transcribed, time transcribed, and work type and op or procedure date or service date (all three different fields--pick one depending on work type, which I have to maintain a list) -- God forbid they hire and pay a programmer, when the MT can do it as part of her duties and not get paid. We are being treated like dirt! I remember even 15 years ago, we would have had a cow if we had to imput this info ourselves! 15 YEARS AGO!!!!! My MTSO has PROMISED this for 2 years!! 2 YEARS! Keeps saying "if the hospital would pay for it." There is plenty of stuff that could be programmed on his end. I cry when I see an ad about what technology can do--the word processor (us) is being left totally behind. I feel like I'm on a Selectric with one of the letters missing, this makes me so slow. MTSOs--help out the poor woman! Most of the time. We need programming, too.
Emdat is only good if...A. Demographics load and B.
if you have a limited number of doctors who use a lot of repeats. I am lucky to make 100 lines an hours with the account I am on.
I guess, as long as nobody takes a look at the demographics, it's o.k...nm
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demographics are not the only info that is HIPAA protected
Any info that could compromise a patient's privacy is protected. that includes any diagnostic information, tests, diagnoses, etc., and basically anything in that record.
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