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Physicians must be present or immediately available until patients are medically discharged, but they dont need to be present until the patient leaves the same-day surgery program area, according to revised standards approved by the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for 2004. The standards become effective upon publication late this month.
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Patient safety, clarification of credentialing and reappointment requirements, and requirements for laser privileges are a few of the major categories addressed in the revised 2004 accreditation standards from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
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Low-stress, thorough, and focused on patient safety are a few of the adjectives same-day surgery managers use to describe their recent experience with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization surveyors looking at their endoscopy labs.
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This column addresses specific questions related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation.
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Who do we love? Our surgeons, of course! Who do we hate? Our surgeons, of course. What is it about this group of practitioners that can drive us all to extremes, often within one day?
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Physicians who offer moderate, deep, or general sedation in their offices should be board-certified in the type of surgery they perform in the office setting, under new guidelines for office-based surgery approved by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Medical Association (AMA), both in Chicago.
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Even before the new accreditation survey process goes into effect, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations has created options to the self-assessment component
of the survey.
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Hospices should work with their medical practice partners to develop a process in which patients are informed early about advance care directives.
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In recognition of the legal complexity and emotional breadth of the Schiavo case, the Alexandria, VA-based National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the NHPCOs development arm, the National Hospice Foundation, have provided documents below on the NHPCO web site to offer further insight into this case and help those interested in information about advance care planning.
