Documentation Survival Handbook for Psychiatrists and Other Mental Health Professionals

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A Unique Resource
Through principles of good documentation and a series ofwell-crafted, clinically oriented forms, Dr Soreff and Mrs McDuffee provide hospital and outpatient clinicians of all disciplines with an impressive format for charting. We are in their debt for offering a system to improve care'While satisfying complex regulatory, reimbursement, and risk management demands, [from the Foreword]
Lloyd I Sederer, MD McLean Hospital
This book will assist all mental health practitioners in avoiding legal, regulatory, and professional difficulties, while at the same time increasing the quality of care which they can provide on a daily basis.
With over 60 chapters of material, this reference can help improve the quality of performance in virtually all aspects of mental healthcare. Readers are provided with practical advice, as well as very specific forms to help ensure that they cover all the bases, ask all the appropriate questions, and document everything in a way... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A Unique Resource
Through principles of good documentation and a series ofwell-crafted, clinically oriented forms, Dr Soreff and Mrs McDuffee provide hospital and outpatient clinicians of all disciplines with an impressive format for charting. We are in their debt for offering a system to improve care'While satisfying complex regulatory, reimbursement, and risk management demands, [from the Foreword]
Lloyd I Sederer, MD McLean Hospital
This book will assist all mental health practitioners in avoiding legal, regulatory, and professional difficulties, while at the same time increasing the quality of care which they can provide on a daily basis.
With over 60 chapters of material, this reference can help improve the quality of performance in virtually all aspects of mental healthcare. Readers are provided with practical advice, as well as very specific forms to help ensure that they cover all the bases, ask all the appropriate questions, and document everything in a way completely consistent with up-to-date requirements, including those of HCFA, JCAHO and fiscal intermediaries. Furthermore the book explains the reasoning behind the forms and provides an example for each application.
This book is a must for anyone responsible for quality improvement in any mental healthcare facility, and is invaluable for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and psychiatric rehabilitation professionals, especially those in private practice. It is also indispensable for the wide range of experts concerned with quality improvement who represent the interests of patients, insurance companies, auditors, and regulators at all levels of government. -
In addition, the material here provides an invaluable guide to students regarding the very practical aspects involved with being a mental health professional and gives them the basic evaluation forms for a comprehensive assessment of their patients in all the mental health disciplines. Vissza