Hospital Peer Review articles from April 2006

Hospital Peer Review archives from April 2006

JCAHO, unannounced: Just-surveyed organizations share compliance tips.
April 1, 2006... JCAHO, unannounced: Just-surveyed organizations share compliance tips The first three hours can make or break your next survey When a group of surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations walked into...

Watch for these changes during 2006 surveys.
April 1, 2006... Watch for these changes during 2006 surveys Avoid problems with emergency management When organizations gave feedback on the 86 unannounced pilot surveys done in 2005, many told the Joint Commission that they were happy with the new...

Comply with JCAHO's goal to label all medications.
April 1, 2006... Comply with JCAHO's goal to label all medications Many organizations are not in compliance The JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goal requiring all medications to be labeled sounds simple enough, but it's proving to be difficult for many...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Letting go of the 'that's not how we do it here' mindset.
April 1, 2006... Discharge Planning Advisor Letting go of the 'that's not how we do it here' mindset System takes flexible approach to enhance flow When it comes to discharge planning and other health care challenges, "don't be afraid to rock the...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Set discharge time that works for you.
April 1, 2006... Discharge Planning Advisor Set discharge time that works for you 'Don't obsess on that number' Consider patient volumes and staff constraints and set a discharge time that makes sense for your facility, suggests Jonathan Morris,...

Report: A growing 'quality chasm' for hospitals.(Report)
April 1, 2006... Report: A growing 'quality chasm' for hospitals Mortality rates are 27% lower A new study from HealthGrades, a Golden, CO-based health care ratings company, names the top 5% of hospitals in the country - and also shows that this group...

Are improvements getting lost in committees?
April 1, 2006... Are improvements getting lost in committees? Too many patients are getting injured from falls at your organization, and you've got the data to prove it. You've drilled down to identify specific units with the highest fall rates, and zeroed...

THE QUALITY - CO$T CONNECTION: Too exhausted to act safely?
April 1, 2006... Part 1 of 2 Too exhausted to act safely? How to assess worker fatigue By Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR Concerns about the relationship between worker fatigue and patient safety are a...

Accreditation Field Report: Survey is rigorous, but staff get morale boost.
April 1, 2006... Survey is rigorous, but staff get morale boost JCAHO likes 'very visual' data During a recent unannounced Joint Commission survey at Presbyterian Healthcare in Charlotte, NC, staff underwent a "rigorous, in-depth" process, says Paula...

CE objectives/questions.
April 1, 2006... CE objectives To earn continuing education (CE) credit for subscribing to Hospital Peer Review, CE participants should be able to: *Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and...