Thank you for the information. I hate to seem greedy but I would
also appreciate your information on QI. My fax is (845)483-6059. ---
In cancerregistrargroup@y..., donna_cal <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> PCE's can be used for an enhancement, but let's start with the
basics.
>
> You need to choose a general topic, then a specific measure - for
> example, improving documentation in the medical record would be a
> general topic and the specific improvement to be measured would be
> TNM staging or a treatment plan in the discharge summary, etc. You
> then educate everone about why the change needs to be made, come up
> with other ways to help everyone actually do the improvement, and
> then measure the change. You would document what you did to make
the
> change happen, and the measurement before & after those changes.
If
> the changes result in an improvement - you have SUCCEEDED!! You
now
> have 1 improvement. If the changes do not result in an
improvement,
> you can try other things to help get the results you want, but
until
> you have a MEAUREABLE improvement, it does not count.
>
> You may (should) start multiple projects so that at least 2 of them
> result in an improvement by the end of the year - the improvement
> counts for the year in which the IMPROVEMENT happened, not when you
> started the project.
>
> If you look at the PCE results, see a problem, come up with ways to
> make it better, and then after the changes are implemented, are
able
> to MEASURE and PROVE there was an improvement, then the PCE can
count
> for an improvement, and it would be the year you actually showed
the
> better numbers, not when the PCE was done.
>
> You can also do projects like improving patient waiting time for
> chemo or rad rx, improve patient parking (or other satisfaction
> issues), etc. It doesn't always have to be workup and treatment
> issues.
>
> Did this help? If you still have questions, let me know and we can
> talk on the phone.
>
> --- In cancerregistrargroup@y..., benjmann2001 <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> > We are due for survey shortly and I would appreciate any guidance
> > since I have never been through survey and the only CTR that has
is
> > now taking a LOA. I am having trouble deciding what constitutes
a
> > PCE vs. an enhancement and basically, I need any and all
> suggestions.
> > Thank you all.