Starting October 1, 2007, hospitals were required to identify secondary diagnoses that were present on admission (POA). The purpose of the POA indicator is to differentiate between conditions present at admission and conditions that develop during an inpatient admission. This concept was mandated due...
This article describes the development of Potentially Preventable Complications (PPCs), a new method that uses a present on admission (POA) indicator to identify in-hospital complications among secondary diagnoses that arise after admission. Analyses that used PPCs to obtain risk-adjusted complication ...
PresentonAdmission 系统标签: admissionpresentpoainpatientcathetermrsa Volume5,Issue5,May2009378TheJournalforNursePractitioners-JNPJNPDECODINGCODESJanDiSantostefanoShort-term,acutecarehospitalsbeganreportingthePOAcodeoninpatientclaimswithdischargesbeginningOctober1,2007.POAdatawillbeusedtotracethedevelopmentofinfectionsand...
The article reports on present on admission (POA) indicators and Medicare administrative contracts (MACs). According to the author, hospitals need to have a POA indicator for every diagnosis on inpatient acute care hospital claims for it to be able to group the diagnoses into the right diagnosis...
present‐on‐admission indicatorOBJECTIVES: To evaluate national present-on-admission (POA) reporting for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) and examine the impact of quality measure exclusion criteria on HAPU rates. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Medicare inpatient, outpatient, and nursing facility ...
The article discusses the importance of present on admission (POA) reporting information to health care entities in the U.S. It cites the benefits of the POA indicator including the improvement of the accuracy of mortality risk assessment and outcomes research results. The Centers for Medicare and...
To this base, three POA variables were developed to address the following research questions: P1) Does the presence of any POA=no indicator (condition occurred after admission to hospital) found on an administrative claim correlate to readmission? P2) Does the number of POA=no indicators found ...
While we noted significant differences in AE incidence rates, PSI code accuracy, and POA indicator accuracy among the hospitals, the correlations between these variables were not statistically significant. Conclusion: Currently, PSI codes and POA indicators in South Korea appear to have low validity....
Purpose: Comorbidities of a principal diagnosis have varying impacts on disease and require different management depending on the onset timing. This study investigated the usefulness of present-on-admission (POA), specifically focusing on decubitus ulcers, delirium, and hypokalemia, as ...
Diagnostic value and reliability of the present-on-admission indicator in different diagnosis groups: pilot study at a Swiss tertiary care centerCoding the POA indicator identified diagnoses which were pre-existent with insufficient reliability on individual patient's level. The overall fair to ...