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Copy-and-Paste Continues to Threaten Documentation Safety
Copy-and-paste is so easy and time-saving that it can be tempting to overuse it in the medical record, and some electronic medical records encourage clinicians to use blocks of text over and over. However, liberal use of copy-and-paste can diminish the quality and reliability of an electronic medical record.
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Communication Failures Let Multidrug-resistant Bug Spread Between Settings
An outbreak of extremely drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at multiple facilities in Oregon underscores an open secret as bad bugs move across the healthcare continuum: There are disincentives to telling the receiving facility that the patient has a history of a drug-resistant bacteria or other problematic pathogens.
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Unit-based Case Management Model Works Best for Organization
Once upon a time, a hospital’s case manager performed all case management responsibilities and utilization review work. Social workers performed a lot of the discharge planning. All worked fairly well, but something was missing: Case managers were limited in their ability to care for patients.
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Q&A With the Nurse Who Wrote the Book on Case Management
Case Management Advisor asked Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, CCM, president of Mullahy & Associates of Huntington, NY, and author of The Case Manager’s Handbook, Sixth Edition, published in June 2016, to discuss case management tools and strategies.
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Study Offers Puzzle Piece to Paying for Integrated Care
Integrating mental health into primary care practice settings needs both research and a payment structure that works.
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Risk Stratification Can Help in Population Health Environment
Risk-stratified care management can help bridge the distance between providing effective care and finding efficient ways to do so.
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AAAHC’s Updated Standards Include ‘Elements of Compliance’
The AAAHC rewrote its standards to include elements of compliance. The 2018 Accreditation Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care contains revised standards that will be implemented in surveys starting March 1, 2018.
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Emergency Preparedness Standards in a World of Endless Disasters
Many ASC directors and staff were concerned about the federal emergency preparedness final rule after the new federal regulations were published in 2016. Then, events this year put disaster preparation into sharper focus.
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Life Safety Compliance Trends, Update, and Look Ahead
The federal Life Safety Code standards for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) will continue to evolve over the next few years. They are moving toward patient safety-centric policies and procedures, and it might not be long before the next big changes arrive.
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‘No One Likes Me’
Some employees are decision-makers who take their job seriously, seem trustworthy, are motivated, don’t mind sharing the load, and are perceived as working hard. Conversely, those who are not as popular or well liked are often viewed as manipulative, gossipers, conniving, rude, quiet, or possess other traits.