CCO Medical Specialties Podcast

Quality Improvement in Obesity Care: How to Implement Documentation Shortcuts

Episode Summary

Listen in as Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA, and Sophia Kwon, MD, discuss lessons learned with implementing an obesity checklist as a documentation shortcut via the electronic health record to improve patient care without adding onto note fatigue or burnout among staff users.

Episode Notes

Listen in as Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA, interviews Sophia Kwon, MD, to learn about how she implemented a documentation shortcut at her institution to improve obesity care, including:

• Creating an obesity checklist within the electronic health record
• Training staff to correctly use this checklist and broach obesity topics with patients
• Garnering feedback to ensure this checklist did not add to note fatigue or burnout among staff
• Sharing lessons learned for others interested in implementing a similar documentation shortcut

Presenter
Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, MBA
President
Q Synthesis, LLC
Newtown, Pennsylvania 

Sophia Kwon, MD
Internal Medicine Attending
Riverside University Health System Attending
Loma Linda University Health Associate Faculty
Loma Linda, California

Link to full program: 
https://clinicaloptions.com/content/qi-resource-hub