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New reporting options from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations are a good step forward in the effort to prevent the disclosure of sensitive information through the accreditation process, says an attorney who is responding to the concerns of risk managers. But, she cautions, the two options may not work unless state laws already provide significant protection for such privileged information.
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CONCORD, NHElderly and disabled people who need care at home to stay out of nursing homes can breathe a bit easier. The Medicaid waiting list proposed to take effect Oct. 6 has been put on hold.
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Dieting should never be a New Years resolution, says Frances M. Berg, MS, LN, a licensed nutritionist and family wellness specialist in Hettinger, ND, and adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine.
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EMTALA sourcebook cuts through new regs
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For years, patient education managers have been reworking documentation forms trying to streamline the process to make it fast and efficient to increase compliance. No one ever designed the perfect form.
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Although All Childrens Hospital in St. Peters-burg, FL, purchased a software package for its on-line charting system, it is not being implemented as is.
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Input from patients and family members who have gone through the cancer treatment experience at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is important to leadership at the health care institution.
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As director of the cancer patient education program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, Kerry Harwood, RN, MSN, coordinates the overall direction, organization, and resources for the education of cancer patients and their families.
