Improving Documentation Of Agonal Rhythms In Medical Records

We examine nursing documentation on a newly implemented electronic flowsheet in medical resuscitations to identify the temporal patterns of documentation and how the recorded. Electronic documentation was superior to paper in overall documentation quality and allowed providers to identify and quickly document the initial rhythm of the event. A quality improvement initiative was developed to improve the documentation of cardiac arrests throughout the uhcmc system. 145 days of cardiac monitoring for 30 patients with 330 nursing and 148 medical record entries were audited. Initial rhythms were documented 97% and 36% of the.