Determinants of Time Required by Medical Information Technicians for Quality Control of Hospital Activity Coding

Quality Control Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Determinants of Time Required by Medical Information Technicians for Quality Control of Hospital Activity Coding, in French Medico-administrative System

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03977636
• Other study ID #: 2016-09Obs-CHRMT
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 22, 2016
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2019
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Since 2008, in France, hospital funding is determined by the nature of activities provided (activity-based funding). Quality control of hospital activity coding is essential to optimize hospital remuneration. There is a need for reliable tools to allocate human resources wisely in order to improve these controls.

Description:

The main objective of this study was to identify the determinants of time needed by medical information technicians to control hospital activity coding in a Regional Hospital Center.

From March 2016 to the beginning of January 2017, medical information technicians reported the time they spent on each quality control, and the time they needed when they had to code the entire stay. Multiple linear regressions were performed to identify the determinants of quality control or coding duration. A split sample validation was used: model was created on one half of the sample and validated on the remaining half.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 5431
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: January 18, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be admitted to a medical unit of the CHR Metz Thionville

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any exclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Quality Control

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Time for quality control	medical information technicians reported the time they spent on each quality control	Day 1
Secondary	Time to code the entire stay	medical information technicians reported the time they needed when they had to code the entire stay	Day 1