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If your emergency department is in the process of preparing for your hospitals triennial accreditation survey this year, or will have one in 2004 or 2005, it will be the last time you have to deal with the stressful ramp-up.
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Emergency departments (EDs) received some welcome news in January when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted the same edition of the Life Safety Code referenced in the Joint Commission standards. The change affects EDs accredited by the Joint Commission that receive Medicare reimbursement from CMS.
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It sounds simple enough: When surveyors look at key accreditation areas, the performance of an emergency department (ED) boils down to whether the ED gives patients quality care in a timely manner. But when patient load and staffing dont mesh, or when concentration on the disease means the individual is ignored, the simple expectation of quality care in a timely manner may be a challenge.
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What should we expect during a Joint Commission patient safety and medications use interview?
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The following is a brief and selected overview of presentations at Focus on Fungal Infections 13 in Maui, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.
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Oregons Assisted Suicide Program; HIV Accelerates HCV Fibrosis; Fuzeon (T-20) Goes Forward
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Comparison of 2 meropenem dosing regimens, 500 mg q 6 h and 1000 mg q 8h, found that the resultant pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics were equivalent.
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The following is an overview of some presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
