英文摘要 |
An incomplete approach for charge completeness not only results in increase of costs and decrease in productivity, but also affects the patient safety. The purpose of this project is to improve the approach for charge completeness of nurses in plastic surgery. Before the improvement program, the charge completeness of nurses in plastic surgery was 63.5%. After analyzing the current status, we found that there was low levels of the overall knowledge about charge completeness, the staff with unaware/unfamiliar with the pricing, the pricing project lacked specialty, and less charge completeness education courses. The improvement approaches included: establishment of charge assisting tools such as "template for demand charge", "charge of easy and convenient," and establishing an audit team, providing specialized education. After the improvement program, the approach for charge completeness of nurses in plastic surgery increased to 95.3%. The program not only improved the nurses' knowledge about charge and charge completeness, but also promoted the patient safety. (Tzu Chi Nursing Journal, 2020; 19:5, 97-109) |