Hospital Peer Review articles from August 2007

Hospital Peer Review archives from August 2007

New medical staff standards aim to ID problems before sentinel events occur.(identify)
August 1, 2007... New medical staff standards aim to ID problems before sentinel events occur Credentialing, privileging should be 'educational, not punitive' The Joint Commission's revised medical staff standards, which became effective Jan. 1,...

Ongoing review: Change of mindset is now needed.(performance improvement)
August 1, 2007... Ongoing review: Change of mindset is now needed No more 'bad apple' approach The traditional "bad apple" approach to peer review is changing to a new emphasis on performance improvement, says Nancy J. Auer, MD, FACEP, chief medical...

How to obtain the data for medical staff standards.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... How to obtain the data for medical staff standards You'll need data for every practitioner Data for every practitioner, analyzed frequently, with the right people in the loop — you'll need to develop systems to ensure that all of...

The Quality - Cost Connection: Meeting more explicit peer review imperatives.
August 1, 2007... Meeting more explicit peer review imperatives Includes ongoing monitoring and individual review By Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR (Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series.) ...

Patient handoffs across units need improvement.
August 1, 2007... Patient handoffs across units need improvement Process needs to happen every time and everywhere Almost half of hospital staff report there is room for improvement in the area of handoffs and transitions across units, according to the...

CNE/CE objectives/questions.
August 1, 2007... CNE objectives To earn continuing education (CNE) credit for subscribing to Hospital Peer Review, CNE participants should be able to: *Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and...