PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - William R Howard
TI  - Respiratory Care Billing Using a Personal Digital Assistant
DP  - 2004 Nov 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 1339--1348
VI  - 49
IP  - 11
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/11/1339.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/11/1339.full
AB  - In 2003 I reported how my respiratory care department at Tufts-New England Medical Center developed an inexpensive, in-house, computerized clinical-information-management system, in which the respiratory therapists carry handheld computers during their rounds, entering clinical information into the handhelds as they work and later downloading that information to a database in a desktop computer. Now we have added a billing module to our customized software. This article describes the design, use, and attributes of this billing system, including improved charge-capture, which increased department revenue substantially. Our system has several other important advantages over traditional billing systems.