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Verbal Orders in Outpatient Settings
As more care is provided in outpatient settings, where on-site physician presence may be sporadic, the need to obtain verbal or telephone orders is on the rise.
Choosing the Right Tool for Hospital Risk Assessment: Focused Risk Vulnerability Analysis
by Amanda Brown, RN, MSM, CIC Part I of this series outlined the power of simple risk assessment to identify, mitigate, and eliminate hazards in the day-to-day operations of a hospital. Parts II and III will present approaches to risk assessment that are more complex and require more attention from multidisciplinary teams. In this installment, [...]
Hospital Leaders Face Another Accreditation Challenge
The July edition of “The Joint Commission Perspectives” contained an ominous signal for hospital executives facing survey and accreditation decisions in the coming months. Of particular concern is the mention of situations in which the “surveyor has identified leadership changes over the past 12 to 18 months.”
Labels: Friend or Foe?
Requirements for the appropriate use of labels have been stepped up since the introduction of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), but hospitals are discovering that the requirements do not end there.
CMS Welcomes Comments on Joint Commission Deemed Status Application
By Ruth Elzer, RN, MS The Joint Commission (TJC) continues to work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to complete an acceptable deeming application for its hospital program. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act for 2008 (MIPPA) revoked the Joint Commission’s statutory deeming status for its hospital program, mandating a [...]