{"id":19371,"date":"2024-02-19T10:14:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=19371"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:14:03","slug":"ed-red-20240216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-red-20240216","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Acting Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Louise O’Riordan, Acting Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n

As we move ahead toward the rollout of ieMR, it’s a good time for us to take a look at how we use and record patient information.<\/h4>\n

At the next People & Culture forum, we’ll have Sarah Webster from the Metro North Ethical Standards Unit available to answer questions and talk about appropriate access to patient databases like The Viewer, EDIS, and ieMR. If you’d like an Outlook invitation to that session, click here<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You may also remember last year’s\u00a0Make It Count\u00a0<\/i>campaign, which featured simple and practical tips for doctors and clinicians on how to improve the accuracy of clinical and patient records.\u00a0\u00a0

This week, we launched the 2024 campaign,\u00a0Make it Count More –\u00a0with a new series of tips and suggestions to help improve patient safety and ensure we’re getting all the activity-based funding we are entitled to.<\/p>\n

As part of\u00a0Making it Count More, we’ll focus on a different tip each week until the end of the financial year.<\/p>\n

This week’s tip:<\/p>\n

Principal Diagnosis<\/strong> – Avoid documenting a symptom when there is a more specific or probable diagnosis.<\/p>\n

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