Answer:
Joint commissions TATs of transcribed document.
Explanation:
The Joint Commission does not comprehensively address transcription practices or specify the timeliness and TATs of transcribed documents. Standard P.C.2.120: History and Physical Completion, for example, requires a hospital to “define in writing the time frame(s) for conducting the initial assessment(s)” and requires a history and physical examination “to be completed within no more than 24 hours of inpatient admission”1 but falls short of recommending the use of dictation and transcription services or specifying the timeframes under which the result should be made available. Standard IM.6.10 goes on to stipulate that “the hospital has a complete and accurate medical record for patients assessed, cared for, treated, or served” and requires a “policy on the timely entry of information,”2 again without specifying the mechanism by which the records are to be produced.
Research revealed that very few standards for performance currently exist in the area of transcription TAT. It is important to note that the very definition of turnaround time varies across the HIM and MTSO arenas. Because of the varying definitions, for consistency the task force chose to use the widely held definition of TAT, which states that TAT for transcribed reports is the elapsed time from completion of dictation to the delivery of the transcribed document either in printed medium or electronically to a repository. This state–of–the–industry white paper lays the foundational understanding of the elements, technological impacts, and factors that contribute to the current TATs in healthcare today, and this basis will help lay the groundwork for establishing standard TATs for common document types.
