Background & Problems: Medical record inaccuracy affects not only the safety of patients but also the quality of medical care in hospitals. The audit revealed the accuracy of the medical records of 30 surgical nurse practitioners was low (average score was 86.6, and only 43.3% of individuals scored 90 and above). Difficulties in writing and ex-pressing in English, limitations of disease assessment and health care knowledge, the non-friendly electronic medical record system, insufficient education and training, deficiency in writing templates, and lack of audit mechanisms were the factors caused medical record inaccuracies. These factors were revealed by the questionnaire, observations, and interviews.
Purpose: The project aimed to improve medical records accuracy to at least average 90 points, and ensure 88.7% of individuals score 90 points and above.
Strategies Procedures: From September 2017 to April 2018, strategies including establishment of a diverse cloud database, promotion of digital teaching materials, holding face-to-face courses and problem-oriented medical record writing group courses, and setting audit and reward rules were implemented.
Outcome Evaluation: Results revealed that the average accuracy of the medical record was 95.9 points, and 96.7% of individuals scored 90 points and above. The aims of the project were achieved.
Conclusions: The multiple teaching strategies of this project and the digital teaching materials database could be ex-tended to the internal medicine nurse practitioners and be included in training course for novice nurse practitioners.