Thank you for this question and responses. I find that some patients gets frustrated about the amount of signatures needed, especially those that are visually impaired or have trouble writing.

Brianna Frisch PT, DPT

Physical Therapist

Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics

Home Care & Outpatient

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We follow the process that you describe below and have not had issues with only collecting one signature. Our admission packets are reviewed every survey by MDH and TJC. Most recently MDH in February.

Katie

Katie Troumbly, BSN, RN, PHN, CNML | Home Care Manager

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital part of Fairview Health Services

Grand Itasca Professional Building | 111 SE 3rd Street | Grand Rapids, MN 55744

katie.troumbly@fairview.org | www.granditasca.org

Office: 218-999-1047 | Cell: 218-259-1383

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No I do not see a problem with that. Just place it first in the file. Jeanette Jeanette Mefford, MPH, BSN Mefford, Knutson & Associates, Inc. Home Health Consultant 2950 Metro Drive, #301 Minneapolis, MN 55425 Phone: 612-869-8011 Fax: 952-500-8240

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No I do not see a problem with that. Just place it first in the file. Jeanette

Jeanette Mefford, MPH, BSN

Mefford, Knutson & Associates, Inc.

Home Health Consultant

2950 Metro Drive, #301

Minneapolis, MN 55425

Phone: 612-869-8011

Fax: 952-500-8240

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Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:09 AM
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Subject: Admission documents

Good morning! I’m wondering if you all can help me with a question on admission documents. Our e-document software has been a pain when it comes to collecting client signatures. Our clinicians have found that having clients sign each page of our admission forms is often frustrating for them (our previous software only required clients to sign once and that signature flowed to all the forms in that packet). I’m wondering if you see any compliance issues with having the clients sign an acknowledgement page, rather than each form individually. Thank you so much for your insight!! Below is our rough draft of what that would look like.

Christina Mountjoy, RN

Home Health Quality and Education Manager

1006 Crocus Hill Street E, Park Rapids, MN 56470

Cell: 218-252-0241

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