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Whether your facility has a chest pain center or not, this news will be of keen interest to you as an ED manager: There is now an accreditation process for chest pain centers.
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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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Editors note: In this first part of a two-part series, ED Management shows how important it is to exercise tight control over camera crews and what can go wrong if you dont.
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ED managers experienced with camera crews offer this advice on how to tightly control the project:
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If you want to improve your EDs patient satisfaction ratings, dont start by looking at how happy your patients are.
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Is it true that we can violate EMTALA by not encouraging a patient to stay for treatment when he wants to leave?
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Switching to an all-electronic system in the ED for charting and other functions is only a dream for some cash-strapped facilities, but an Ohio hospital is showing that the high initial cost can be recouped quickly through the money saved on transcription and other services.
