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Its one thing to keep everything moving swiftly throughout the ambulatory surgery process, but dont let the quick pace affect the completeness or accuracy of your documentation.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has slashed the number of standards in the 2004 hospital accreditation program from 508 to 225 as part of the agencys Shared Visions, New Pathways initiative.
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Before Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, AL, redesigned its case management program, nurses from two separate departments social services and utilization review performed case management-type functions. In 2002, the hospital hired a division director to redesign its case management program and oversee the social work, discharge planning, and utilization review functions.
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To alleviate the problem of social admissions from the emergency department, Northeast Medical Center in Concord, NC, established an ED case management staff and made arrangement with local assisted living facilities to admit patients directly from the ED.
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If severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) returns this fall, is your hospital prepared? A lull in SARS activity is giving hospitals vital time to plan for a possible reemergence of the disease, which public health authorities say could occur this fall or winter.
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The struggle with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and confusion over how to adequately protect health care workers has led some employee health professionals to call for a new U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard on biological hazards.
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In a campaign to reduce sharps injuries from sutures, the National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries (NAPPSI) in Carlsbad, CA, is conducting an on-line survey of interns and residents to determine their experience with the devices.
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Experienced employee health nurses and occupational medicine physicians will have a new program tailored to their needs at the upcoming annual conference of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP). The conference will be held Oct. 8-11 in San Diego.
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Employers will not need to record work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in a distinct column on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 300 log, the agency announced.