Question

What baseline data can be captured during patient referral management process in ambulatory clinic and how would it go about doing observation, questionnaire, data mining etc. What are the goals of patient referral management process in ambulatory clinic and how the baseline data helps to obtain the process of referral management to achieve the goals.

describe how the health IT that is used in patient referral management and used to capture information within the process and helps identify if the tasks are completed within the referral management process. State any social, behavioral, or technical influences on the information that is gathered. Describe how health IT has influenced use of data for management in the healthcare setting and for emergency preparedness and response. And how this ability is beneficial but also how it can have unintended negative consequences and how to mitigate those consequences.

Answer 1

1) the baseline data that can be captured in the ambulatory clinic include the following,

• History of presenting illness
• past history including any previous surgeries and drug allergy
• Family history of non communicable disease
• Presence of any chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and bronchial asthma

2) the goals of patient referral management process in ambulatory clinic include,

• Capturing baseline data
• Correct refer to the appropriate Medical centre according to the symptoms present in the patient
• Triage
• Decreasing the burden of tertiary health care