Ten Years Ago …
Shephard, Les
1989-09-01 00:00:00
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES - ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL PATIENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT - MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATOR GRADE 5 ($32851 - $33757 - $34653) The Royal Darwin Hospital has recently formalised the above posi QUALIFICATIONS: tion and is seeking to recruit a high calibre, appropriately trained • Degree or Associate Diploma in Medical Record Administration professional to administer its Health Records Services. (or equivalent) and membership of the Medical Record Associa The Department has recently undergone review and significant tion of Australia. changes to its functions and human resources have been accepted. • Proven management and supervising experience would be highly The Department of Health and Community Services is in the pro regarded. cess of documenting the requirements for enhancements to its PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES current Mainframe Hospital Information systems and the incum • The ability to use tact and initiative at all times. bent will assist a small team of Health Professionals in the evalua • Innovative, energetic and resourceful. tion and implementation of commercially produced programmes. • Consciousness of needs of aboriginal people in dealing with the The Patient Services Department will also be involved in the evolu Health Service. tion of systems toward implementation of DRGs consistent with CONDITIONS AND ENTITLEMENTS: Federal Government Health Funding in the 1990s. • Six weeks annual recreation leave. The incumbent will be responsible for attaining and maintaining • Generous sick leave provisions. appropriate standards in the systems and to ensure that practices • Remote locality taxation allowance. and procedures conform with accreditation requirements. • Assistance with travel and removal expenses. • Assistance may be given with accommodation on arrival, The incumbent will occasionally be required to travel to other depending on family circumstances. Northern Territory Hospitals on a consultancy basis. For further information please contact: DUTIES: Mrs Suzanne Rae • Administer the Health Record Services. • Develop, plan, implement and control Health Record Sys- Manager, Patient Services Royal Darwin Hospital tems and Services. Telephone (089) 20 8321 • Oversee Patient Information Systems. Written applications, stating full details of experience and qual • Consult and advise on Patient Health Information Systems. ifications, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of • Ensure achievement of accreditation standards. three referees, should be forwarded to: • Protect records from unauthorised access and produce records Chief Executive Officer for authorised access. Royal Darwin Hospital • Assist with the design and provision of Inservice training. PO Box 41326 • Organise data for internal/external statistical reporting and other CASUARINA NT 0811 appropriate purposes. ATTENTION: RECRUITMENT OFFICER • Represent the Department on Committees. (Paramedical) • Supervise staff involved with Medical Correspondence, Mor Applications close three weeks from date of publication. bidity Coding and Bedstate Control. • • • Les Shephard specifications, designing evaluation sheets, selecting The September 1979 issue of our journal started me suitable records. thinking along the lines of "was it all worth it?" and Was it worth it? Have the benefits been sustained? "where have we got to now?". . . Have further reviews and reassessments been conduc Two articles covered the topics of CLINICAL ted to ensure that the proposed standards are still REVIEW and CRITERIA AUDITING. I seem to required, still in effect, still of value? Do we still have a remember that in the late seventies and early eighties we better standard of medical record reporting, a better went through a wonderful time of new topics - quality standard of communication between all health assurance. . . peer review. . . A quote from an article professionals? on QA admitted that "the assessment process . . . The final step of all such reviews is "re-assessment". requires the time, effort and imagination of busy pro Are these reviews continuing, or have they fallen by the fessionals" and the author (from Ryde Hospital, NSW) wayside? When was the last criteria audit on acute agreed that the clinical reviews being undertaken by her myocardial infarction? the last clinical review of department were very time consuming. The author of haematemesis and melaena? the second article (from Greenslopes, Queensland) It would be interesting to hear news of such studies reported on reviews undertaken and reported that there which have continued throughout the eighties. . . was it were costs involved. . . a reassessment of priorities and worth all the effort, all the criticism, all the heartache? also overtime. Long hours were spent determining the AMR JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1989 135
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES - ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL PATIENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT - MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATOR GRADE 5 ($32851 - $33757 - $34653) The Royal Darwin Hospital has recently formalised the above posi QUALIFICATIONS: tion and is seeking to recruit a high calibre, appropriately trained • Degree or Associate Diploma in Medical Record Administration professional to administer its Health Records Services. (or equivalent) and membership of the Medical Record Associa The Department has recently undergone review and significant tion of Australia. changes to its functions and human resources have been accepted. • Proven management and supervising experience would be highly The Department of Health and Community Services is in the pro regarded. cess of documenting the requirements for enhancements to its PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES current Mainframe Hospital Information systems and the incum • The ability to use tact and initiative at all times. bent will assist a small team of Health Professionals in the evalua • Innovative, energetic and resourceful. tion and implementation of commercially produced programmes. • Consciousness of needs of aboriginal people in dealing with the The Patient Services Department will also be involved in the evolu Health Service. tion of systems toward implementation of DRGs consistent with CONDITIONS AND ENTITLEMENTS: Federal Government Health Funding in the 1990s. • Six weeks annual recreation leave. The incumbent will be responsible for attaining and maintaining • Generous sick leave provisions. appropriate standards in the systems and to ensure that practices • Remote locality taxation allowance. and procedures conform with accreditation requirements. • Assistance with travel and removal expenses. • Assistance may be given with accommodation on arrival, The incumbent will occasionally be required to travel to other depending on family circumstances. Northern Territory Hospitals on a consultancy basis. For further information please contact: DUTIES: Mrs Suzanne Rae • Administer the Health Record Services. • Develop, plan, implement and control Health Record Sys- Manager, Patient Services Royal Darwin Hospital tems and Services. Telephone (089) 20 8321 • Oversee Patient Information Systems. Written applications, stating full details of experience and qual • Consult and advise on Patient Health Information Systems. ifications, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of • Ensure achievement of accreditation standards. three referees, should be forwarded to: • Protect records from unauthorised access and produce records Chief Executive Officer for authorised access. Royal Darwin Hospital • Assist with the design and provision of Inservice training. PO Box 41326 • Organise data for internal/external statistical reporting and other CASUARINA NT 0811 appropriate purposes. ATTENTION: RECRUITMENT OFFICER • Represent the Department on Committees. (Paramedical) • Supervise staff involved with Medical Correspondence, Mor Applications close three weeks from date of publication. bidity Coding and Bedstate Control. • • • Les Shephard specifications, designing evaluation sheets, selecting The September 1979 issue of our journal started me suitable records. thinking along the lines of "was it all worth it?" and Was it worth it? Have the benefits been sustained? "where have we got to now?". . . Have further reviews and reassessments been conduc Two articles covered the topics of CLINICAL ted to ensure that the proposed standards are still REVIEW and CRITERIA AUDITING. I seem to required, still in effect, still of value? Do we still have a remember that in the late seventies and early eighties we better standard of medical record reporting, a better went through a wonderful time of new topics - quality standard of communication between all health assurance. . . peer review. . . A quote from an article professionals? on QA admitted that "the assessment process . . . The final step of all such reviews is "re-assessment". requires the time, effort and imagination of busy pro Are these reviews continuing, or have they fallen by the fessionals" and the author (from Ryde Hospital, NSW) wayside? When was the last criteria audit on acute agreed that the clinical reviews being undertaken by her myocardial infarction? the last clinical review of department were very time consuming. The author of haematemesis and melaena? the second article (from Greenslopes, Queensland) It would be interesting to hear news of such studies reported on reviews undertaken and reported that there which have continued throughout the eighties. . . was it were costs involved. . . a reassessment of priorities and worth all the effort, all the criticism, all the heartache? also overtime. Long hours were spent determining the AMR JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1989 135
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