Volume 2

The CAMP Method™ Components for Clinical Documentation Training

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The CAMP Method™ is a four step training process that uses the following four steps, along with various multi-media and resources, to train physicians to document with high quality. High quality clinical documentation is defined as documentation that is timely, as well as legible, complete, reliable, clear, consistent (unambiguous), and precise. The four steps used in training are:

• Coaching, which involves coaching and encouraging participants about their abilities to perform this function.
• Asking, which involves soliciting feedback from the physician participants in a specific manner and at a specific time.
• Mastering, which involves practical application of the principles demonstrated and discussed during the training program.
• Peer Learning, which involves instruction by a knowledgeable peer, someone who has participated in the activity of high quality clinical documentation.

Key guidelines and regulations from the Medicare Conditions of Participation and the Joint Commission address the requirements for a physician to “document the clinical significance of every abnormal test result,” “to document a complete history and physical,” “the etiology or possible etiology of symptoms,” and “daily progress notes.” The results of the statistical analysis showed that the CAMP Method training improves both clinical documentation quality and clinical documentation self-efficacy.