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As Hospital Employee Health publishes its 25th anniversary issue, employee health professionals can take pride in their accomplishments, such as dramatic reductions in needlestick injuries. Yet challenges remain and hospitals continue to be high-hazard workplaces, with more injuries and illnesses than in construction and transportation.
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Collaborative model works in Knoxville RRT initiative
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded coverage for preventive services such as diabetes screening.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has posted potential 2008 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) requirements and implementation expectations for field review by home care agencies.
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In a perfect world the people who care for patients would never make a mistake and the operations of a health care facility would be under complete control at all times. There would be no unplanned, undesirable events, and no accidents, incidents, or inefficiencies.
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Many organizations currently rank hospitals using publicly reported quality data. But this information can be confusing and even conflicting, since each entity is measuring different aspects of quality, using different methodologies for different purposes.
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Hospitals failed to report 44 of 104 documented deaths related to restraint and seclusion to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) between 1999 and 2004, according to a September 2006 report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. (For a complete copy of the report, go to http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-04-00350.pdf.)
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Keeping up with the ever-increasing requirements of regulatory and accreditation groups is proving too much for many hospital-based quality professionals. To address this, some hospitals are creating "survey coordinator" roles, with a single individual acting as the point person for accreditation requirements.
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Nearly all hospitals support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in moving forward with a pay-for-performance program over the next few years, but selecting the right measures will be a critical element of future success, according to a new report by Mathematica Policy Research.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued a notice in the October 24, 2006, Federal Register that it intends request permission from the Office of Management and Budget to conduct an evaluation project on pay-for-quality programs.