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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released draft standards for its Human Research Protection Accreditation Program (HRPAP) for public comment.
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Evaluating the continuity of patient care in ambulatory health care services is challenging. Continuity of care implies the progression of a predetermined plan for health care services without disruption of the plan. However, the ambulatory care client, unlike the hospitalized patient, is not as easily controlled, monitored, or guided through health care processes.
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Question: How long do we need to keep quality improvement (QI) and peer review documents before tossing them out? Im thinking of department or team QI reports, minutes from QI meetings, peer review worksheets with no adverse findings, and similar documents.
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Before long, the public will gain access to information on the quality of health care that previously was available only to those on the inside. The federal government will begin publishing data this summer.
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If overall performance in all acute-care U.S. hospitals were the same as the nations top hospitals, close to 57,000 more patients could survive each year and nearly $9.5 billion in annual expenses could be saved, according to a new study.
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Six Sigma proved useful for the Department of Radiology at Californias Stanford University Medical Center, which recently announced that it has been able to substantially boost revenue and reduce outpatient wait time without adding new equipment.
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Are you ready to add another set of core measures to your to-do list? There is no doubt that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations new requirement for gathering data on an additional set of performance measures, effective January 2004, will increase your workload significantly.
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In addition to preparing staff for unannounced surveys and ensuring continuous preparedness, you also may have looming concerns about legal disclosure related to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations new accreditation process.
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Whether as employees of a covered health care entity or independent business associates, case managers must ensure that they are in compliance with the privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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Case managers sometimes are confused as to what constitutes a business associate as referred to in the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA), notes Cathy Kauffman-Nearhoof, RN, BSN, CCM, NMCC, CLNC, owner of Integrist Healthcare Consulting in Duncansville, PA.
