Hospital Peer Review articles from October 2006

Hospital Peer Review archives from October 2006

Medicare final rule calls for increased reporting of quality data.
October 1, 2006... Medicare final rule calls for increased reporting of quality data Preprinted order sets, electronic systems used to meet new data demands Quality professionals at many organizations soon will be collecting additional data, as a result...

CMS and Joint Commission measures are aligned.(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(quality measurement standards)
October 1, 2006... CMS and Joint Commission measures are aligned The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)'s final rule on the inpatient prospective payment system requires hospitals to report on the full set of 21 Hospital Quality Alliance measures...

Address growing problem with credentialing.(physicians privileges as hospital members to be scrutinized )
October 1, 2006... Address growing problem with credentialing Difficulties arise in obtaining needed data With the advent of hospitalists, credentialing and privileging for medical staff members who no longer care for inpatients is a growing challenge...

Discharge Planning Advisor: 'Basics' may be pushed aside in rush to trendier remedies.
October 1, 2006... Discharge Planning Advisor 'Basics' may be pushed aside in rush to trendier remedies Patient throughput efforts could benefit from DP principles Discharge planning starts at admission. It's one of the most basic tenets of the...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Maryland facility begins 'discharge by appointment'.
October 1, 2006... Discharge Planning Advisor Maryland facility begins 'discharge by appointment' Plan 'truly' begins at admission This month, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, MD, will begin discharging patients by appointment, in the latest...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Katrina survivors suffer limited access to care.(disaster victims not given health care benefits)(Survey)
October 1, 2006... Katrina survivors suffer limited access to care Survivors of Hurricane Katrina continued to suffer emotional and mental trauma and limited access to care and medications for months after the storm, largely because of a sharp reduction in...

Insurers using publicly reported quality data.(rewarding quality performing hospitals)
October 1, 2006... Insurers using publicly reported quality data Payers offer top hospitals public, financial benefits A growing number of health insurers is using publicly reported quality data to reward the best-performing hospitals, both publicly and...

The Quality - Cost Connection: Don't declare QI victory too soon.(Quality Initiatives)
October 1, 2006... Don't declare QI victory too soon Evaluate the effectiveness of QI initiatives Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR Hospitals are making numerous changes in an attempt to improve the quality and...

Accreditation Field Report: Surveyors like process used to reconcile meds.(continuum care with medication reconciliation process)
October 1, 2006... Surveyors like process used to reconcile meds During a January 2006 survey at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, MA, Joint Commission surveyors looked closely at patient safety, medication reconciliation, fall prevention, handoff...

Patient Safety Alert supplement.
October 1, 2006... Click here for the October 2006 Patient Safety Alert supplement. SOURCE-Hospital Peer Review

CE objectives/questions.
October 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...