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patient assignment

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patient assignment,
a specialty capitation method in which patients choose a provider in each specialty represented. Capitation payments are then distributed accordingly to the providers selected.


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It also includes material on issues pertinent to everyday practice, including refusing patient assignment, and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Decisions on patient assignments to nurses on each shift are now made on the basis of patients' documented acuity levels and the intensity of care they will need during the shift.
There are many ways of organizing patient assignment at the unit level.
 
 
 
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