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The purpose of this policy from Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL, is to provide direction for implementing the highest level of campus security while appropriately allocating resources to accommodate critical needs in the face of an overwhelming catastrophic event.
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When the FBI disseminated a statement to medical centers in four cities warning of a potential terrorist attack in mid-December, emergency department managers reacted decisively to implement effective security measures. Those measures are being examined by EDs around the country that want to ensure their facilities are fully protected.
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In a patient with a traumatic injury, airway management assumes an
essential role to stabilization and survival of the patient, but often
presents unique challenges not inherent in other types of patients.
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Question: How long do we need to keep quality improvement (QI) and peer review documents before tossing them out? Im thinking of department or team QI reports, minutes from QI meetings, peer review worksheets with no adverse findings, and similar documents.
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Evaluating the continuity of patient care in ambulatory health care services is challenging. Continuity of care implies the progression of a predetermined plan for health care services without disruption of the plan. However, the ambulatory care client, unlike the hospitalized patient, is not as easily controlled, monitored, or guided through health care processes.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released draft standards for its Human Research Protection Accreditation Program (HRPAP) for public comment.
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Quality managers in health care are hearing more about Six Sigma, the quality improvement strategy that has been taking hold in other industries for years now, and the statistics-focused techniques promise great improvements for hospitals and other providers.
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Serious nosocomial infections should be considered sentinel events and thoroughly investigated, according to new information from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.