In monitoring for various complications at XYZ Rehabilitation Hospital, health information manager Mary Moore discovers that in many instances patients with deep vein thrombosis or pressure sores are being admitted to the hospital with those conditions. Because rehabilitation cannot proceed until these medical conditions are resolved, these patients may be discharged from rehabilitation to another type of care after a short stay and later readmitted to rehabilitation. Or these conditions may prolong the patient’s length of stay in the rehabilitation facility. Mary plans to report these findings to the quality improvement committee. What role can Mary play in improving this situation?
