Electronic health record time-tracking provides real-time data to measure and benchmark dietitian productivity.
J Hum Nutr Diet
; 37(1): 105-110, 2024 Feb.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37721196
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Traditional methods for benchmarking dietitian productivity are time-consuming and fail to accurately measure the total time spent providing nutrition care. An electronic health record (EHR)-based tool that allows for daily tracking of both face-to-face and patient care coordination time for dietitians was created. We assessed whether it provided consistent, continuous measurement of time and productivity.METHODS:
This tool was created in an independent paediatric academic healthcare system in the USA. Time spent by dietitians in face-to-face settings and care coordination were tracked. Changes in time spent between the years 2013-2016 versus 2018-2019 were also analysed.RESULTS:
The outpatient dietitian spent a mean total of 66.4 min per patient (37.8 ± 6.0 min in face-to-face care and 28.6 ± 5.2 min in care coordination). The total times and fractions spent on face-to-face and care coordination time varied by specialty. Comparison of the two periods of time revealed 75% more productivity on average of dietitians in different outpatient settings after including care coordination tracking. In addition, dietitians were more likely to document time spent in 5-min increments after the institution of this methodology as opposed to 15-min increments.CONCLUSIONS:
An EHR-based tool that facilitates the documentation of both face-to-face time and patient care coordination time is feasible and enables consistent, continuous measurement of time and productivity. The real-time data from this tool can be used to support adequate dietitian staffing and be used to create a multicentre database to measure the actual time dietitians need to provide care and generate consistent staffing benchmarks.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Benchmarking
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Nutricionistas
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Hum Nutr Diet
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos