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For many hospitals, annual respirator fit-testing represents a costly and time-consuming burden. But these two hospitals found a way to manage fit-testing one by emphasizing just-in-time readiness, the other by expanding fit-testing into hospitalwide emergency preparedness. They shared their approach with Hospital Employee Health,
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has set patient safety goals for 2005 that include several high-profile infection control issues.
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The new patient flow standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) create opportunities for case managers to take the lead in their hospitals compliance and adherence initiatives, says Hussein A. Tahan, SNSc, RN, CNA.
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At one time, the emergency department (ED) at Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX, sometimes had to hold patients overnight because there wasn't a bed available, and local physicians complained that they could not get patients admitted when they needed to.
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Danbury (CT) Hospital takes a team approach to facilitating patient flow, with a series of initiatives coordinated by a multidisciplinary Discharge Admissions Review Team (DART) that meets regularly to assess whats working and what needs improvement to get patients in and out of the hospital safely.
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A study published in the Dec. 21, 2004, Annals of Internal Medicine showed that patients enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system (VHA) were more likely than a national sample of similar patients in the general population to receive preventive care and chronic care recommended by established national guidelines.
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New Jersey hospital wins Baldrige award; AHRQ releases new diabetes care guide.
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Case managers rarely are involved in adverse patient incidents, yet they can learn a lot about discharge planning failures by applying accident investigation tools. Accident investigation techniques can be helpful for evaluating why discharge planning didnt go as expected.
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