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Question: Our surgeon group has been approached by the local hospital to buy an interest in our surgery center.
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Having your ready-to-go list assembled at the start of your survey can help your survey run smoothly, according to The Joint Commission.
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The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon was an early adopter of registration kiosks, says Jane Gray, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, assistant vice president for the revenue cycle.
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The H1N1 influenza pandemic might prompt lasting changes in the personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and the rules that govern them.
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Do you need to gear up for an accreditation survey in a short amount of time?
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To improve patient safety by encouraging healthcare providers to speak up about their concerns, risk managers should focus on the influences that have the strongest effect on behavior, suggest the authors of The Silent Treatment, conducted by VitalSmarts, a corporate training company in Provo, UT, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
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When a surgeon at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY, performed a procedure on the wrong side of a patient's back in 2008, the sentinel event stunned the hospital's administration. But it wasn't long before hospital leaders were formulating a plan to make sure it never happened again.
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In response to a task force's recommendations following a wrong-site surgical error, Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY, implemented these changes:
