Table 2.
Time documentation after intervention
| Critical care (% change) |
E/M (% change) |
Procedure (% change) | Zero charge | Portion of patient-care time (% change) |
Unaccounted-for time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVICU-1 | 49% | 8% | 2% | 28% | 87% | 13% |
| (1%) | (3%) | (0) | (33%) | |||
| NICU-1 | 62% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 87% | 13% |
| (6%) | (-3%) | (1%) | (12%) | |||
| NICU-2 | 43% | 13% | 2% | 19% | 77% | 23% |
| a | a | a | a | |||
| CVICU-2 | 48% | 8% | 2% | 27% | 85% | 15% |
| (-2%) | (2%) | (0) | (28%) | |||
| SICU | 41% | 19% | 5% | 24% | 89% | 11% |
| (21%) | (3%) | (2%) | (50%) | |||
| MICU-1 | 28% | 2% | 18% | 40% | 88% | 12% |
| (19%) | (1%) | (8%) | (68%) | |||
| MICU-2 | 41% | 7% | 2% | 20% | 70% | 30% |
| (3%) | (3%) | (1%) | (27%) | |||
| Total | 47% | 10% | 6% | 21% | 84% | 16% |
| (7%) | (1%) | (2%) | (31%) |
aData not available. Unaccounted-for time after the intervention represented duties not related to patient care, such as meals, conferences, and meetings. CVICU, cardiovascular ICU; MICU, medical ICU; NICU, neurosciences ICU; SICU, surgical ICU.