Surgeons' Lounge: Paperwork Plus

Share:

Tabbed Charts Improve Surgeon Compliance


important documents ON THE TAB Mark the important documents surgeons must complete before and after surgery.

Paperwork Plus
Tabbed Charts Improve Surgeon Compliance

We constantly struggled with getting physicians to update H&Ps in pre-op and to complete their immediate post-op notes. Adding attention-grabbing tabs to patients' charts helped a great deal. We use bright colors to draw attention to the 2 forms that surgeons need to fill out: the H&P and the procedure notes. It's a pretty simple concept, but we've achieved great results.

Linda Fischer, RN, MS
Victory Healthcare
The Woodlands, Texas
[email protected]

Related Articles

Wired for Success

In her 24 years as a nurse at Penn Medicine, Connie Croce has seen the evolution from open to laparoscopic to robotic surgery....

To Optimize OR Design, Put People First

Through my decades of researching, testing and helping implement healthcare design solutions, I’ve learned an important lesson: A human-centered and evidence-based...