Hospital Peer Review articles from September 2006

Hospital Peer Review archives from September 2006

JCAHO's new credentialing, privileging standards require provider-specific data.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations )
September 1, 2006... JCAHO's new credentialing, privileging standards require provider-specific data Surveyors will be looking for continuous evaluation New standards for the credentialing and privileging of practitioners call for a more objective and...

Make the most of publicly reported quality data.
September 1, 2006... Make the most of publicly reported quality data Comparative data help to identify best practices Quality professionals are making great gains using free resources to compare their performance against other hospitals, and publicly...

Hospital program links pay to quality care.
September 1, 2006... Hospital program links pay to quality care Employees are rewarded for meeting specific goals At Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center in Findlay, OH, every employee receives bonuses linked to the organization's financial and quality...

Patient Satisfaction Planner: More care not necessarily better care, study says.(medical claims)
September 1, 2006... More care not necessarily better care, study says Study focuses on care of chronically ill Budget-conscious quality managers might want to take a good, hard look at the findings in the latest report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project, in...

Patient Satisfaction Planner: Diabetes care program addresses specific needs.(management)
September 1, 2006... Diabetes care program addresses specific needs Program addresses cultural differences Project Dulce, a diabetes care management program housed at Whittier Institute for Diabetes in La Jolla, CA, has successfully addressed not only the...

Achieve near-100% hand hygiene compliance.(spread of germs)
September 1, 2006... Achieve near-100% hand hygiene compliance Demonstrate how easily germs are spread At Baltimore-based Harbor Hospital, quality professionals were challenged to get staff to wash their hands 100% of the time. "Hand hygiene is the one...

The Quality - Cost Connection: Ways to avert potential patient care disasters.(medical costs)
September 1, 2006... Ways to avert potential patient care disasters Recognize when patients have unmet needs Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR An infant is born with severe neurological defects following the...

Accreditation Field Report: Medication safety gets a close look during survey.(surveys)
September 1, 2006... Medication safety gets a close look during survey Processes for storage, error reporting examined At recent JCAHO surveys at two hospitals in the Wisconsin-based Aurora Healthcare System, all components of medication management were a...

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