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While the majority of health care facilities continue to essentially be in compliance with HIPAA privacy and security regulations, the number that consider themselves more than 85% compliant with the privacy regulation has dropped in the last year.
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After Texas Health Resources (THR) was formed in 1997 from the merger of Fort Worth-based Harris Methodist Health System and Dallas-based Presbyterian Healthcare Resources, a series of councils was created to help foster "systemness."
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Patient access staff at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian in Philadelphia scheduled a New Year's Eve party at the end of June as a way of celebrating their achievements during the just-ended fiscal year.
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Providence Health System's charity care and financial assistance policies are "fair, just, and reasonable," according to a Multnomah County Circuit judge who gave final approval to the settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
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A four-judge Texas Court of Appeals panel has ruled the state Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation must release statistics about alleged sexual assaults at state mental hospitals ...
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Since JCAHO's unannounced survey process began in January 2006, the average number of requirements for improvement (RFIs) given to hospitals has increased to 6.9 as of April 2006, compared with 5.8 in 2005.
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Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) are calling for JCAHO to answer questions about its relationship with Joint Commission Resources (JCR), its consulting subsidiary, and to account for the results of its new accreditation process.
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Do you assume that if the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol is followed, wrong-site surgery would always be prevented? A new study conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality puts that assumption into question.
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Specialty hospitals that do not have emergency departments (EDs) are still subject to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) rules on acceptance of patients for transfer, cautions Stephen A. Frew, JD, a risk management specialist and web site publisher (www.medlaw.com).
