The Handwriting Was On the Wall

Behavioral HealthcareVol. 28 Nbr. 2, February 2008

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With necessary treatment information already available in the note, nurses can use the copy-forward function to populate the MTP template, and physicians simply enter problems and objectives to create an MTP, which provides direction for the entire multidisciplinary team.\n For example, the medical director can flag patients who require close monitoring duringashift, and the entire care team is alerted and can quickly provide immediate feedbackon patient progress throughout the shift.

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The Handwriting Was On the Wall

Like many inpatient behavioral healthcare organizations, Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland, was inundated with reams of illegible handwritten paperwork, resulting in a functionally unusable chart which, in turn, led to increased potential for medical errors. We also were grappling with how to meet regulations required by external third parties, including The Joint Commission and other agencies. So in 2004 we began to look for a clinical information system that would help us streamline our processes, deliver an ele...

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