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If you're thinking of purchasing health informatics technology, you have to do a lot of work on the front end before you seal the deal, says Grena Porto, RN, ARM, CPHRM, principal of QRS Healthcare Consulting Inc. in Hockessin, DE.
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According to a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, pressure ulcers, or decubitus ulcers, are increasing.
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Discharge planners can prevent many problems that might occur during a patient's transition from the hospital to home care by focusing on communication with staff from the home care agency or other post-acute setting.
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In perhaps a perfect illustration of the risks associated with technology, Hospital Peer Review spoke with the VA hospital system about its home-grown electronic medical record (EMR) system, VistA, initiated in 1982.
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When two-time recipient of Most Wired's Innovator award Columbus Regional Hospital decided to move toward real-time locating. While IT staff at the 225-bed hospital did not want to add to the workflow of an already busy clinical staff, they did want to offer real-time information on where staff were located, and they were able to do it.
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The Joint Commission has a lot going on these days. Besides issuing five sentinel event alerts in 2008 and the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and standards, in January the organization released an addendum to its accreditation standards.
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She presents on the topic all the time because, she says, it's a tough one for hospitals time- and data-intensive.
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Another committee? This doesn't have to be a frustrating item on your to-do list.
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If ED physicians and nurses could choose only one strategy for avoiding lawsuits, it should be to keep patient satisfaction levels high, say several experts.
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In 1999, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established a hospital Patient's Rights' Condition of Participation (CoP).
