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In an unusual direct appeal to health care facilities, the chairman of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is asking for reports of nosocomial infections that result in patient deaths or permanent loss of function.
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Though recent research supports the need for more infection control staffing than traditionally allotted, ICPs are not expected to press for a specific staffing requirement from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is partnering with three other organizations to conduct a study that will examine hospitals timely use of antibiotics before and after cardiovascular, joint replacement, and hysterectomy surgeries to effectively reduce post-surgical infection.
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Effective Jan. 1, 2003, all Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organization organizations will be surveyed for implementation of the recommendations or of an acceptable alternative. Alternatives must be at least as effective as the published recommendations in achieving the goals.
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Start asking questions about the way Medicare wants physical and occupational therapists to code group vs. individual therapy, and youll get a plethora of contradictory answers and some heated opinions to boot. Its an issue; its not an issue.
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Paul Dongilli, PhD, vice president of rehabilitation for Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, NE, offers the following advice for successful prospective payment system (PPS) implementation:
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The lofty vision of Baptist Health Care Corp. of Pensacola, FL, is to be the best health system in America. The system may be well on its way. According to one authoritative source, Baptist Health may at the very least be the best health care employer in the entire country.
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At Baptist Health Care Corp. in Pensacola, FL, the following question is posed to employees: If Im going to be successful in this culture, how do I need to act?
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When PPS took effect last year, many rehab facilities jumped on the skilled nursing facility bandwagon by naming a PPS coordinator to take charge of the necessary documentation. But Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, NE, bucked that trend and developed a model for PPS success that relies on a team effort.
