Hospital Peer Review – September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
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JCAHO's new credentialing, privileging standards require provider-specific data
New standards for the credentialing and privileging of practitioners call for a more objective and evidence-based process for monitoring performance. -
Make the most of publicly reported quality data
Quality professionals are making great gains using free resources to compare their performance against other hospitals, and publicly reported data can be a powerful tool to get "actionable" data for decision makers. -
Hospital program links pay to quality care
At Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center in Findlay, OH, every employee receives bonuses linked to the organization's financial and quality performance. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: More care not necessarily better care, study says
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 Hanover, NH. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: Diabetes care program addresses specific needs
Project Dulce, a diabetes care management program housed at Whittier Institute for Diabetes in La Jolla, CA, has successfully addressed not only the difficult challenge of helping patients manage their diabetes, but also another issue of growing concern to quality managers: improving outcomes among minority populations. -
Achieve near-100% hand hygiene compliance
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 action that protects everyone we provide care to, and also protects our own safety," says Patricia Moorhouse-Getz, RN, MSN, the organization's clinical analyst. -
The Quality - Cost Connection: Ways to avert potential patient care disasters
An infant is born with severe neurological defects following the mother's prolonged labor. Although the mother's labor is not progressing as would be expected, no one on the health care team seems concerned about the lack of progression until the unborn baby shows signs of fetal distress. -
Accreditation Field Report: Medication safety gets a close look during survey
At recent JCAHO surveys at two hospitals in the Wisconsin-based Aurora Healthcare System, all components of medication management were a major focus.