A Compelling Case for Clinical Documentation Training Program
With Dr. Ruthann Russo

Dr. Ruthann Russo has compiled the results of years of research in her recent 2-Volume series, A Compelling Case for Clinical Documentation.  In the books, she describes the CAMP™ Method training for clinical documentation, Now, she has created a one-day training program, based on the CAMP™ Method and the books. In this one day program, your senior managers, medical staff, and operations staff will learn to enhance the quality of care and increase efficiency throughout your organization using high quality clinical documentation practices.     

The program contents:

Strategy Session:  One 2-hour session with tools, application of the principles, and case studies

Contents include:

• Introduction to high quality clinical documentation practices and the CAMP™ Method
• The economics of clinical documentation
• Creating a clinical documentation vision consistent with your organization’s mission statement:  how does your program’s focus stack up?
• Using clinical documentation to improve health system-medical staff relationships: rate your team’s opinions
• The executive team’s role in clinical documentation:  what is your score and where can you improve?
• Keeping the patient at the center of the process
• Possibilities for clinical documentation and intellectual capital
• Strategic considerations for the electronic medical record
• Risk reduction and compliance considerations for documentation programs:  rate your current program

 

Medical staff session:  One 1-hour session with tools, application of principles, and case studies

Contents include: 

• Starting off on the right track:  time management
• Clinical documentation impact on quality and patient care
• Criteria for high quality clinical documentation:  rate your own practices
• The CAMP™ Method research study:  design, methods, and regression results
• Results of a patient survey on obtaining and reviewing their medical records:  how well do you know your patients?
• Physician attitudes and opinions about clinical documentation:  analyzing the results
• Patient’s right to request changes in their medical record:  case studies
• Top 10 documentation practices to reduce risk, enhance quality, and improve patient satisfaction:  how do your documentation practices rate?

 

Operations session: One 3-hour session with tools, application of principles, and case studies

Contents include: 

• Background and basis of the CAMP™ Method
• Optimal clinical documentation training for physicians and clinicians:  how do your current trainers and training program stack up?
• Review of each component of the CAMP™ Method…..Coaching, Asking, Mastering, and Peer Learning
• Administering the CAMP™ Testing instruments
• Using the CAMP™ Training tools
• Using outcomes to design follow up training
• Physician-Clinical Documentation Professional relationships:  rate your organization’s relationships
• Assess your organization:  where can it improve?
• Assess yourself:  where can you improve?

 

For more information or to schedule a training session please contact Program Director Ginger McQueen at 610.861.2717 or email gmcqueen@djiber.com.