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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals have been finalized but many eager quality managers didnt wait for this news to take action.
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As often occurs when new Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standards are introduced, hospitals are rushing to complete failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) projects to comply with patient safety requirements.
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Its without question one of the most tragic things that can occur at any hospital: An infants death during delivery.
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There are several key changes for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations revised medical staff standards, which became effective as of January 2004. I see these as nothing less than revolutionary, says Martin D. Merry, MD, adjunct associate clinical professor of health management and policy at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
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Are you collecting data elements concurrently, while patients still are receiving care, or retrospectively after discharge? Each approach has distinct advantages and disadvantages, and which is best depends on the individual situation, says Patrice L. Spath, a health care quality specialist with Forest Grove, OR-based Brown-Spath & Associates.
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A new registration report card at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta provides access managers with key information on the performance of individual employees in a convenient, easy-to-read format.
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Fourteen(14) tips on how to improve account management.
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The RN case manager will; The social worker will; As a team, the case manager and social worker will; Goals of the team are to.
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Since the implementation of a state-of-the-art electronic patient record system, case managers at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare have more time to visit with patients and their families, enabling them to better prepare the patient for going home.
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Providing medical care for the uninsured should be a community initiative and not just the responsibility of hospitals that provide indigent care, asserts Donna Zazworsky, MS, RN, CCM, FAAN, director of community and outreach for St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic in Tucson, AZ.
