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This is the second of a two-part LegalEase column that addresses home health agency risk management concerns related to telehealth. Last months article examined liability related to negligence and offered tips on how home health agency managers can protect their agencies. This months column covers how agencies can protect themselves from charges of abandonment.
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Requiring an employee to be tested for drugs or alcohol on the basis of reasonable cause means more than following just a hunch, says Arlene Maxim, RN, a home care consultant in Grand Rapids, MI. Maxim has documented some of the signs to watch for in a handout she uses at seminars and for clients called Reasonable Cause Checklist for the Supervisor.
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CMS: 3.3% rise in home health payment rates; No quick end to nursing shortage, new report says
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After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, area hospitals all reported a deluge of volunteer clinicians. This may sound like good news when your facility is suddenly overwhelmed with patients, but it also can be dangerous.
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You already should know that Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations surveyors want to see compliance with restraint and seclusion standards. But to improve quality in this area, youll need to do more.
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Editors note: This column will be a regular feature in Hospital Peer Review profiling a facility that recently has been surveyed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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If youre looking for resources to help with quality improvement programs in your facility, access the new National Quality Measures Clearinghouse web site (www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov).
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Now that the long-awaited revised accreditation standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations have been unveiled, what changes should you make in the way you prepare for surveys?
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Shown here is the policy that is followed at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, CA, for credentialing of volunteer clinicians during a disaster.
