Application of FOCUS-PDCA in reducing the homepage defect rate of inpatient medical records
10.3969/j.issn.1671-332X.2025.03.009
- VernacularTitle:FOCUS-PDCA在降低住院病案首页填写缺陷率中的应用
- Author:
Xuemei GAO
1
;
Xiaohua QIN
1
;
Yingjie ZU
1
;
Li HAN
1
Author Information
1. 济南市第四人民医院 山东济南 250031
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
FOCUS-PDCA;
Front page of medical record;
Quality control
- From:
Modern Hospital
2025;25(3):363-366,370
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective FOCUS-PDCA was applied to reduce the defect rate on the front page of medical records,and provide high quality data of medical records for medical institutions and administrative departments at all levels.Methods Start-ing from the increase of problems on the home page of a hospital in the"post-epidemic period",FOCUS-PDCA management mode was used,according to nine implementation steps,quality management tools such as Gantt chart,fishbone map and Plato were used to focus on,analyze and solve problems,and constantly repeated problems.The number of defects and the rate of defects on the front page of hospitalization records from January to March 2023 were taken as the control group to compare the changes before and after the implementation of the project.Results From January to March 2023,the number of defects on the homepage was 1 734,and the defect rate was 15.14％.After the implementation of the project,the number of defects on the homepage of Octo-ber to December 2023 was 890,and the defect rate was 6.54％,and the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion The method of applying FOCUS-PDCA to reduce the defect rate on the front page of inpatient medical records is ef-fective,which plays an important role in promoting the improvement of the quality of data such as basic patient information,hos-pitalization process information,and diagnosis and treatment information.
