Diagnostic Coding: A Novel Approach to Quality
Assurance in Private Practice

Jessie Payne; Sandiya Sathiyaseelan; Maureen E Beran; Glynda Hurley; Sandiya Sathiyaseelan

Research Article

Diagnostic Coding: A Novel Approach to Quality Assurance in Private Practice

Jessie Payne¹, Sandiya Sathiyaseelan¹, Maureen E Beran¹, Glynda Hurley¹ and Roy G Beran*^1,2,3,4

¹Strategic Health Evaluators, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

²Griffith University, Gold Coast and Brisbane, Australia

³Department of Neurology and South Western Clinical School, Liverpool Hospital and University of New South Wales, Australia

⁴Sechenov Moscow First State University, Moscow, Russia

Corresponding Author

Received Date: February 11, 2019; Published Date: February 22, 2019

Abstract

Quality Assurance (QA) measures in private practice require the collaborative effort of practitioners and their administrative staff and are designed to monitor and improve the efficiency and quality of clinical practices and patient care. The private research company ‘Strategic Health Evaluators’ (SHE) in Sydney, Australia, has developed a unique QA system based on diagnostic coding to monitor follow-up treatment for patients, report incidents and assess the appropriateness of current patient treatment. Concurrently, the system is also useful in creating a pool of potential subjects for clinical trials as patients are categorised within a database by their diagnosis. This paper reports the benefits of the application of diagnostic coding in the private practice environment and evaluates the extent to which the system has achieved its goal of quality assurance.

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Citation

Jessie Payne, Sandiya Sathiyaseelan, Maureen E Beran, Glynda Hurley, Roy G Beran. Diagnostic Coding: A Novel Approach to Quality Assurance in Private Practice. Arch Neurol & Neurosci. 2(4): 2019. ANN.MS.ID.000544.