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Auditing the RAC audits: Data from Sheehy study
RAC audits are good at ferreting out information on what hospitals are doing wrong, but the study that Sheehy et al published on the actual impact of RAC audits and their outcomes is eye opening.
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Feeling put upon by RACs? There is a reason
No one would say that modern medicine is perfect or that it is free of bad actors. Yet, most of those involved in dealing with the repercussions of Recovery Audit Contractor audits have probably sighed in exasperation over the length of time an appeal takes.
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SEA 54: Watch out for Health IT
The Joint Commission recently studied 120 Sentinel Events, a third of which were related to human-computer interface. Think of a case where you chose the wrong item from a drop-down menu, or if you had two files open and clicked the wrong one. Clinical content was nearly a quarter of them. That relates to design issues related to clinical content, like the ability to have two EHRs open at once. Another quarter were workflow and communication issues. Three issues each had 6%: policies/procedures/culture, people (training or failure to follow the procedures in place), and software or hardware issues.
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Designed to help, can cause harm
The Joint Commission released a health IT-related Sentinel Event Alert this spring. There was another one in 2008 related to the convergence of technology regarding electronic health records and devices. Since then, organizations have been informing stakeholders of the concerns they should have and care they should take related to technology that, when used properly, can make the lives of frontline staff easier and the care of patients safer and of higher quality.
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Four hazards that did not make the ECRI Institute list
Developing the top 10 patient safety list every year comes down to a group of ECRI Institute experts culling through submitted event reports, conducting accident investigations, and looking at the consulting projects they do. Every year, the consensus distributes a lists the top 10 concerns. Cindy Wallace, CPHRM, senior risk management analyst at the institute, shares some concerns that did not make this year’s list.
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Hear that alarm ringing?
Cindy Wallace, CPHRM, Senior Risk Management Analyst and chief author of the annual ECRI Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations, says every hospital will have its own top 10 list.
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Spring Is High Season for C. difficile, Especially in Northeast
April flowers may bring May flowers, but what do too many antibiotics administered in the winter bring?
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Congress Repeals Sustainable Growth Rate – Now What?
The sustainable growth rate has now been tossed into the trash heap of history after being repealed by Congress in a new law signed by President Obama. -
Is Droperidol Safe for ED Sedation?
The FDA added a black box warning to the label of the anti-psychotic agent in 2001, but a new study says the concerns might have been overstated. -
Compliance Mentor - May 2015