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[Documentation in child and adolescent psychiatry: experiences from a multicenter study]
G Presting1, G Witte-Lakemann, C Höger
1Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie
|January 1, 1995
Summary
Coordinated multi-centered documentation is crucial for safeguarding quality in child and youth psychiatry. This study highlights challenges and offers recommendations for future quality improvement initiatives.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Healthcare Quality Management
- Clinical Documentation
Context:
- Multi-centered study involving 13 child and youth psychiatric facilities in Lower Saxony and Bremen, Germany.
- One-year duration focused on patient documentation experiences.
- Addresses the growing importance of quality safeguarding in mental healthcare.
Purpose:
- To identify and discuss challenges in implementing a coordinated multi-centered documentation system.
- To provide evidence-based recommendations for conducting similar quality safeguarding studies.
- To inform best practices for documentation in child and youth psychiatry.
Summary:
- Evaluates a one-year patient documentation initiative across 13 child and youth psychiatric centers.
- Identifies practical problems encountered during the multi-centered documentation process.
- Offers actionable recommendations for improving future quality safeguarding efforts.
Impact:
- Provides insights into the complexities of multi-centered healthcare studies.
- Contributes to the development of standardized documentation practices.
- Supports the advancement of quality assurance in child and youth mental health services.