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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has created a Hospital Standards Advisory Group to provide feedback to the Joint Commission on the hospital fields experience with revised standards, rationales, elements of performance, and scoring methodologies.
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Early this summer, several factors brought renewed attention to the possibility of terrorist attacks and appropriate responses on the part of the health care profession.
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The Washington, DC-based National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released for public comment draft standards for Quality Plus, a new supplemental accreditation program it claims breaks new ground in content and intent.
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A number of hospitals across the country have found they can drastically reduce the cost of staff salaries, while at the same time ensuring full nursing shifts, through shift bidding. This on-line vehicle also has been shown to boost staff morale while improving patient care and satisfaction.
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In much the same way as top performing hospitals continue to improve at a more rapid pace, so too are the most technologically adept facilities widening the gap between themselves and their competitors, according to the sixth annual Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study.
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According to a new study of 37 million patient records by HealthGrades, a Lakewood, CO-based health care quality company, an average of 195,000 people in the United States died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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In a finding that many would consider counterintuitive, research by Evanston, IL-based Solucient demonstrates that continuous improvement over time is strongly associated with top performance.
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After saving a lot of administrative time and at least $1 million per year in expenses, St. Peters Hospital in Albany, NY, is marketing its job-bidding web site to other hospitals.
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ExxonMobil Corp. has been lauded by the National Safety Council safety leadership in enacting a ban on cell phone use by ExxonMobil employees and contractors while they are driving on company business.
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In the latest of alliances it has formed with other organizations, OSHA has paired with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Joint Commission Resources Inc. to give health care workers a safer workplace.
