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Expansions in public health insurance programs are designed to offer a safety net to vulnerable Americans unable to obtain basic health insurance and regular access to medical care.
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During a recent survey at Trident Health System in Charleston, SC, there were times it was obvious that a staff member didnt understand what the surveyor was getting at, says Helena Feather, vice president of compliance and health information.
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After working 15 years as a discharge planner and earning masters degrees in nursing and clinical research, theres an incongruity that Diane Holland, RN, MS, MBS, who is now pursuing a PhD through the doctoral program at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis, would like to resolve.
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Physicians aligned with Sutter Health in Sacramento, CA, are giving glowing reviews to a care coordination program they once failed to recognize, pleased that it is meeting myriad patients needs and saving office time in the bargain.
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How would you like to be able to tell patients, their families and friends, payers, and news reporters that you are among a select few organizations certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Primary Stroke Center Certification program?
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The manufacturing industry has been using lean techniques for several years to improve productivity, eliminate waste, improve the quality of their products, and lower costs.
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The shared vision of providing safe, quality patient care was very evident during a recent Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations survey at the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland (TX) Air Force Base, reports Lt. Col. Biancanieves Garza, NC, CPHQ, chief of compliance and performance improvement.
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When you think about the new Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations survey process, do you envision surveyors talking to your organizations least articulate staff members, selecting patients to trace for whom everything possible has gone wrong, and arriving at units when your most experienced nurses are nowhere in sight?
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In addition to increased numbers of mentally ill patients, emergency departments (EDs) are seeing more uninsured patients than in the past, and the numbers could grow, warns Brian Hancock, MD, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in Irving, TX. Your budget planning should factor in more uninsured patients, not just the same level you have coped with for years.
