RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Respiratory Care Billing Using a Personal Digital Assistant
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1339
OP 1348
VO 49
IS 11
A1 William R Howard
YR 2004
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/11/1339.abstract
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.