Figure 1

Process Assessment Worksheet

 

 

Processes

Works Well

Not a Problem

Small Problem

Significant Problem

Totally Broken

Unable to Rate

Source of Customer Complaints

Answering phones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reception of HIM department customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retrieving patient records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyzing charts for deficiencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filing loose reports for discharged patients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filing loose reports for outpatients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filing reports for currently hospitalized patients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcribing dictated reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coding inpatient records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coding outpatient records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing incomplete records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records tracking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing requests for copies of patient records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintaining master patient index

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microfilming patient records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintaining department equipment and supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting health statistics to internal customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting health statistics to external customers