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Patient safety experts advocate elimination of fear in the workplace so staff members can more effectively identify and resolve safety concerns. The elimination of fear is necessary to create an environment of trust and cooperation, essential ingredients of initiating and sustaining patient safety improvements.
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Unless your organization is lucky enough to be found 100% compliant after your next survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) or after completing the periodic performance review, youll have to address noncompliant areas for which you must set measures of success (MOS) and then gather data to evaluate improvement.
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This is the second in a two-part series on the recent General Accounting Office report on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Last month, we covered the reports controversial findings and the Joint Commissions response. This month, we cover new legislation that could affect your future surveys.
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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has announced charges against a Howell, MI, nursing home nurse supervisor, accusing him
of stealing prescription painkillers from hospice patients.
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Living wills dont work; furthermore, its a waste of time to promote them to patients, according to researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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An elderly woman presents with a chief complaint of constipation, with few symptoms of acute abdomen. Would you suspect appendicitis in this patient? You may find a misleadingly benign physical assessment in older patients, despite the presence of a potentially lethal illness.
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The September issue of Hospice Management Advisor included articles focusing on hospice client satisfaction. In this issue, hospice officials offer tips on how to improve client satisfaction
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In proposed rules published on May 18, 2004, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to incorporate certain provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 into Conditions of Participation applicable to hospitals and to extend these requirements to skilled nursing facilities.
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Hospice directors and staff sometimes find that its difficult to change a prevailing attitude about death and dying when that attitude involves an entire community. This is where the Rallying Points program, designed to build community coalitions to support end-of-life care, can be a solution.
