IDG meetings

[Jost930]

I am trying to make IDG meetings as informative and effecient as possible. We currently review approx 30-35 pts/week and meeting is 3 1/2 hrs long. We utilize Misys for visits but not the problem/care plan section. Does anyone have a creative ideas that you've implemented or willing to share how to keep 'team time' productive and to the point? Do you document 'minutes' from your team meetings? :typing

Thanks for any help.......

[AtlantaRN, RN]

MAN! We have 33 patients, and rarely go over 30 minutes for the meeting.

I'm certain that you actually share careplans about your patients. For us, we just

slide a clipboard under the nose of the medical director, and he just signs away. We just keep it to the basics....

i.e.: New patient with seizures, 89 yrs old. Family not giving seizure medication as prescribed, although patient is DNR, family states "we're going to call 911 first if he has a seizure," knowledge deficet, medication regimen. MD orders Dilantin level, etc.....

we just do a cliff notes version in our meetings. We communicate primarily between nurses online by email just to update nurses on call, etc.....

we use hospice pharmacia so medication list is online, also on the first page of the HP profile for every patient, we update what is new and any issues--so a nurse on call can pull the profile up and see what the latest issues are.....

linda

[Passion for the Job]

We average about 40 patients in about 2 hours. I feel like we are rushing to get thru them too. We go over bereavement, admits, recerts, and the bi-weekly.

[Mazzi]

When you find a way to shorten IDG let me know. We average 40-50 pts and takes 2-3 hours and that is keeping to just the basics. Medicare is really starting to look to see that EVERYYHING is passed through IDG. So as things go along it is only going to get worse. Back to the old saying "If it is not charted it's not done".