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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted answers to two new frequently asked questions (http://questions.cms.hhs.gov) about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act administrative simplification standards.
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Its after lunch, and your volume is peaking. You think things cant get any more hectic, but here come accreditation surveyors visiting your department as part of an unannounced survey.
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Imagine that a patient with a chronic disease and taking multiple medications has an acute deterioration at home. The patient calls 911, and an ambulance arrives. The emergency technicians arent able to obtain all of the patients medication information from family members, and the patient is unable to communicate.
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If youre looking for an opportunity to develop a close relationship with your patients and manage their care for weeks and months, rather than days, consider working at a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH), says B.K. Kizziar, RN, CCM, CLCP, owner of B.K. and Associates, a case management consulting and life care planning company in Southlake, TX.
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A case management program that follows adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) through the continuum of care has paid off for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
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A color-coded performance-tracking dashboard posted in strategic locations helps clinicians at INTEGRIS Rural Healths hospitals stay focused on the core measures of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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A balanced scorecard showing case mix, length of stay, charges per case, and other data on a monthly and quarterly basis helps the case managers at INTEGRIS Rural Health focus on areas where their hospital needs to improve.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) National Patient Safety Goal requiring all medications to be labeled sounds simple enough, but its proving to be difficult for many organizations.
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A new study from HealthGrades, a Golden, CO-based health care ratings company, names the top 5% of hospitals in the country and also shows that this group has mortality rates that are 27% lower than other hospitals, with a 14% lower risk of complications.
