Hospital Peer Review – August 1, 2012
August 1, 2012
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Supreme Court upholds the ACA — so now what?
When the Supreme Court released its opinion upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the end of June, most of the commentary focused on what the law would mean to consumers. -
TJC communication standards in full force
It happened six months later than first expected, but on July 1 organizations became responsible for meeting the requirements of the standards for patient-centered communications, Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals. An exception was the visitation standards, which went into effect July 1, 2011. -
When a score of zero is a good thing
Imagine going more than two years nearing three without a single hospital-acquired infection (HAI) in your intensive care unit (ICU). -
Are you ready for an OCR audit?
It's been 17 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law, but despite that, there are still plenty of organizations that aren't complying with its rules and are ending up paying millions in fines for their errors. -
CDC and ACS partner for improvement program
Three years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) each brought a proposal to the National Quality Forum (NQF) related to measuring surgical-site infections. -
How mobility can shorten stay, improve outcomes
Every now and then at Sunnybrook Health Sciences in Toronto, Canada, there was talk about getting ventilated patients up and about even if they were still intubated. -
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