Hospital Peer Review 1999 Index
December 1, 1999
Hospital Peer Review 1999 Index
Accreditation
AMAP-JCAHO-NCQA co-op will ease data collection, AUG:125
AMA's accrediting program up and running in 7 states, AUG:126
Awards tap the best and the brightest, MAY:75
Behavioral facilities solve their special needs for restraints, NOV:167
Commended hospital shares its success secrets, FEB:21
Conduct a cost-effective RCA by brainstorming, JUL:105
Core measures are being jointly developed, AUG:121
Hospitals will pay a lot if core standards are added, MAR:39
How did we arrive at this impasse? MAR:41
How one award team makes its decisions, MAY:77
How to set up an effective sentinel event response team, DEC:182
JCAHO insists on primary verification, JAN:4
JCAHO's one concession: Will start doing truly unannounced surveys, OCT:149
JCAHO surveys stress Y2K solutions, MAY:69
Keep the improvement concept steady, FEB:28
OIG report spurs JCAHO changes in accreditation surveys, oversight, SEP:133
Readers assess performance of JCAHO surveyors, NOV:169
Report may focus your next quality studies, SEP:135
Shakeup at JCAHO: Is the reorganization a symptom of serious financial woes? DEC:179
Stark legislation targets JCAHO's governing board, OCT:150
What JCAHO says it's doing to address OIG's concerns, OCT:151
Where do good outcomes come from?, MAY:78
Your RCA: How do you select events for analysis? JUN:97
Administration
Are your plans in order? AUG:128
Are your volunteers up to snuff? FEB:32
Debate: Retrospective vs. concurrent data collection, MAY:80
Good plans strengthen patient care quality, DEC:185
Involve governing board in patient safety effort, JUL:112
Look at comparative data with an eye toward quality, JAN:14
Medical staff competency: How much is enough? Part I, MAR:50
Medical staff competency: How much is enough? Part II, APR:65
New standard protects patient access to records, NOV:173
Plans form the basis for many of your PI activities, SEP:144
Written plans strengthen patient care quality, OCT:160
Your RCA: How do you select events for analysis?, JUN:97
Clinical health care
Gender differences found in early heart attack deaths, OCT:158
IV insulin: Culprit in med errors, APR:63
NAMI calls for restraint reforms, APR:63
New impregnated catheter inhibits superbugs, MAR:49
Organ allocation rules put geography ahead of need, MAY:82
Computer systems/software
Applications should ask hard questions, JUL:104
Beef up information security using HIPAA standards as a guide, DEC:177
Chain-of-command approach boosts accuracy, NOV:172
Countdown to Y2K readiness, APR:54
Decision support systems may improve quality, JAN:13
FDA releases Y2K list of critical medical devices, SEP:138
HCFA may not be ready, but half its users are not, MAY:70
How accurate is the data you send to JCAHO? NOV:171
JCAHO surveys stress Y2K solutions, MAY:69
Late for Y2K? You can begin today, say experts, and you should begin now, APR:53
Medical equipment may fail if Y2K-susceptible, MAY:73
Medicare's ready but a glitch-free Jan. 1 depends on you, APR:56
Software 'scoreboard' used for competitor comparison, JUL:108
Unhappy software vendors are leery of new effort, AUG:119
Y2K: Help is at hand, APR:58
Y2K reference resource available, MAY:74
Zero-hour plan can help in a crunch, MAY:72
Corporate compliance
Avoid peer review train wreck: Build compliance into your credentialing, JUN:85
Fraud crackdown continues in 1999, FEB:31
Here's how you should straddle the compliance-credentialing crosswalk, JUL:101
Run a 'gap analysis' to fix problems, JUN:88
Walking the new walk, JUL:103
Credentialing
Applications should ask hard questions, JUL:104
Avoid peer review train wreck: Build compliance into your credentialing, JUN:85
Be sure there isn't just one verification source, JUN:95
Beware of human error in CVE reports, JAN:3
Centralized systems are on credentialing horizon, JUN:89
Federal databases are increasing in number, JAN:5
Florida law foreshadows big change in credentialing for hospitals nationwide, JAN:1
Here's how you should straddle the compliance-credentialing crosswalk, JUL:101
JCAHO insists on primary verification, JAN:4
JCAHO questions DC hospital's hiring policy, JUN:96
New data bank rolls out, JUN:87
New ruling in NC affirms peer review privacy, OCT:153
Outcomes data help credential physicians, AUG:122
Peer review process called into question, AUG:123
Reporting: Who, what, how much, and when? JUN:90
Tougher standards are coming your way, JAN:5
Discharge Planning
Case management core not about different models, OCT:156
Clear up roles, experts say, don't 'mush them' together, JUL:107
Clinical paths, wound clinics expand home care, APR:61
Financial burden eases for taxpayers, indigents, JAN:10
Gender differences found in early heart attack deaths, OCT:158
HCFA's new 'transfer DRGs' can cost your hospital money, APR:59
New tool places resources where they're most needed, OCT:155
Patient outcomes will determine effectiveness, JAN:11
'Perfect case management setting found in county's 'closed' system, JAN:9
Problems with SNFs? Seek out compromises, OCT:157
Software 'scoreboard' used for competitor comparison, JUL:108
'Transfer DRG' clarified, JUL:110
Health care finance
Health care spending slows; up 4.8% in 1997, JAN:8
HHS: New 1999 Medicare deductible and premium, FEB:32
Hospitals are keeping costs low, says survey, MAR:48
Medicare fee schedule slights hospital practice, FEB:32
Health Care Financing Administration
AMA presses HCFA on E/M code use, FEB:31
'Deadly Restraint' transmits heads-up for HCFA, OCT:159
HCFA mandates new limits for restraint, seclusion use, OCT:154
HCFA may not be ready, but half its users are not, MAY:70
HCFA's new 'transfer DRGs' can cost your hospital money, APR:59
Hospitals cry foul over ambiguity in HCFA's new restraint standards, NOV:165
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
AMAP-JCAHO-NCQA co-op will ease data collection, AUG:125
Core measures are being jointly developed, AUG:121
Hospitals threaten to pull plug on ORYX, demand more say in JCAHO decisions, MAR:37
How accurate is the data you send to JCAHO? NOV:171
JCAHO backs off a bit on ORYX deadline, JUN:96
JCAHO: Failed program taught useful lesson, AUG:120
JCAHO insists on primary verification, JAN:4
JCAHO now using ORYX data to uncover sentinel events, DEC:182
JCAHO questions DC hospital's hiring policy, JUN:96
JCAHO's one concession: Will start doing truly unannounced surveys, OCT:149
JCAHO surveys stress Y2K solutions, MAY:69
JCAHO wants to add core measures to ORYX, MAR:47
Joint Commission jettisons ORYX Plus in favor of core measures reporting, AUG:117
OIG report spurs JCAHO changes in accreditation surveys, oversight, SEP:133
ORYX: 'There has to be a better way to do this,' MAR:42
Readers assess performance of JCAHO surveyors, NOV:169
Some hospitals are sorry ORYX Plus is dead, AUG:123
Unhappy software vendors are leery of new effort, AUG:119
What to do about ORYX? Improve priority areas, MAR:40
ORYX
Hospitals threaten to pull plug on ORYX, demand more say in JCAHO decisions, MAR:37
JCAHO backs off a bit on ORYX deadline, JUN:96
JCAHO: Failed program taught useful lessons, AUG:120
JCAHO now using ORYX data to uncover sentinel events, DEC:182
JCAHO wants to add core measures to ORYX, MAR:47
Joint Commission jettisons ORYX Plus in favor of core measures reporting, AUG:117
ORYX: 'There has to be a better way to do this,' MAR:42
Some hospitals are sorry ORYX Plus is dead, AUG:123
Unhappy software vendors are leery of new effort, AUG:119
What to do about ORYX? Improve priority areas, MAR:40
Patient Satisfaction
33% of patients would prefer to pay with plastic, MAR:46
Can patients handle the truth about their options? JUN:94
Customer service training boosts survey ratings, SEP:139
Do 'consumers' trust health care providers? MAR:45
Don't overlook employees in patient satisfaction, SEP:142
From interview to instrument: How to develop a PS survey, MAR:43
Keep pediatric patients happy and informed, SEP:141
Patients' bill of rights gets nods and nays, JUN:93
Target educated patients, JUN:91
Quality-Co$t Connection
Are your plans in order? AUG:128
Are your volunteers up to snuff? FEB:32
Debate: Retrospective vs. concurrent data collection, MAY:80
Good plans strengthen patient care quality, DEC:185
Involve governing board in patient safety effort, JUL:112
Look at comparative data with an eye toward quality, JAN:14
Medical staff competency: How much is enough? Part I, MAR:50
Medical staff competency: How much is enough? Part II, APR:65
New standard protects patient access to records, NOV:173
Plans form the basis for many of your PI activities, SEP:144
Written plans strengthen patient care quality, OCT:160
Your RCA: How do you select events for analysis?, JUN:97
Risk management
Do you have right policies for sales reps in OR? FEB:24
Make rules for OR 'visitors' clear, FEB:27
What should Beth Israel nurses have done?, FEB:26
Risk screening
PraPlus screens for risk of repeat admissions, JAN:7
Staffing
Are your volunteers up to snuff? FEB:32
Cutting RNs a false economy? FEB:29
JCAHO questions DC hospital's hiring policy, JUN:96
Y2K
Countdown to Y2K readiness, APR:54
FDA releases Y2K list of critical medical devices, SEP:138
HCFA may not be ready, but half its users are not, MAY:70
JCAHO surveys stress Y2K solutions, MAY:69
Late for Y2K? You can begin today, say experts, and you should begin now, APR:53
Medical equipment may fail if Y2K-susceptible, MAY:73
Medicare's ready but a glitch-free Jan. 1 depends on you, APR:56
Y2K: Help is at hand, APR:58
Y2K reference resource available, MAY:74
Zero-hour plan can help in a crunch, MAY:72